ingratitude

[ in-grat-i-tood, -tyood ]

noun

1. the state of being ungrateful; unthankfulness.

ingratitude

/ ɪnˈɡrætɪˌtjuːd /

noun

1. lack of gratitude; ungratefulness; thanklessness

Word History and Origins

Origin of ingratitude¹

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English word from Medieval Latin word ingrātitūdō. See in- ³, gratitude

Example Sentences

Saying grace, though, “is medicine to the ingratitude that we can develop.”

From Washington Post

Ingratitude, conversely, is a failure to preserve and protect the gifts that one has received or has been entrusted with.

From Time

Equally important is for parents to instruct children to appreciate the damage that ingratitude can cause.

From Washington Post

That ingratitude's surprising, especially from the Israelis.

From The Daily Beast

Yet such a move would almost certainly be widely seen as an audacious display of ingratitude.

From The Daily Beast

The attorney suggested Bettencourt might try to disinherit her daughter for “ingratitude.”

From The Daily Beast

Say that my anger has no bounds—that my heart is breaking—will break and kill me, if he persists in his ingratitude and cruelty.

From Project Gutenberg

Planner, in these three words, could only read—ingratitude—the basest it had ever been his lot to meet.

From Project Gutenberg

He carried the note to Planner—he thrust it into his face, and called him to account for his baseness and ingratitude.

From Project Gutenberg

He could not complain of the neglect of mankind, or of the ingratitude of those he served.

From Project Gutenberg

She was far too sensible for ingratitude, and fully appreciated the gifts that life had so liberally dealt her.

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