ingratitude
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of ingratitude
First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English word from Medieval Latin word ingrātitūdō. See in- 3, gratitude
Vocabulary lists containing ingratitude
Novel Study: Julius Caesar, Act 3
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Part 2 Vocabulary (Unit 3)
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Example Sentences
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Family fight flashpoint Ingratitude, timing squabbles, my husband blithely loading a plate with the expensive Christmas salmon I was saving for lunch.
From The Guardian • Dec. 23, 2018
He thinks that the old man was justified when he declaimed to his sons in his best matinee voice: "Ingratitude, the vilest weed that grows."
From Time Magazine Archive
"Ingratitude," snapped Mantegna, who had not yet been paid.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ingratitude is fatal to a foreign policy of selflessness.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ingratitude, how deadly is thy smart Proceeding from the Form we fondly love!
From Original sonnets on various subjects; and odes paraphrased from Horace by Seward, Anna
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