ungrateful
pronunciation
How to pronounce ungrateful in British English:
UK [ʌnˈgreɪtfl]
How to pronounce ungrateful in American English:
US [ʌnˈɡretfəl]
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- Adjective:
- not feeling or showing gratitude
- disagreeable
Word Origin
- ungrateful (adj.)
- 1550s, from un- (1) "not" + grateful. Related: Ungratefully.
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Example
- 1. Why are voters so wretchedly ungrateful ?
- 2. What would the ungrateful german public conclude if his first step were to announce a cut in interest rates ?
- 3. Her family are ungrateful and spiteful .
- 4. No doubt that sounds ungrateful .
- 5. On every border of the kingdom , ungrateful subjects have turned against their rulers .