ungrateful
adjective
Origin of ungrateful
Related Words for ungrateful
selfish, thankless, unthankful, careless, demanding, dissatisfied, faultfinding, forgetful, grasping, grumbling, heedless, ingrate, insensible, oblivious, self-centered, unmindful, unnatural, unappreciativeExamples from the Web for ungrateful
Contemporary Examples of ungrateful
I know one shouldn't be ungrateful, but what is it about people giving your kids ridiculous presents when you are on holiday?
There will be tears, ungrateful betrayals, but at some point—if you keep your faith—the problem child will grow up.
Small children are ungrateful; to do one a favor is, from a business point of view, about as shrewd as making a subprime mortgage.
Historical Examples of ungrateful
My master would deem me ungrateful, Ambrose break his heart.
The Armourer's PrenticesCharlotte M. Yonge
How ungrateful to that God, who blessed them with such talents!
Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
I respect and love her with all my soul:—I should be a most ungrateful wretch if I did not.
Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10)Maria Edgeworth
Though every sinner be ungrateful, yet every sinner is not a monster of ingratitude.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. IFrancis Augustus Cox
Do not consider me as your master—your tyrant; do not imagine that I think you ungrateful!
Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10)Maria Edgeworth