ungrateful

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1. ungrateful - Noun

2. ungrateful - Adjective

3. ungrateful - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Not grateful; not thankful for favors; making no returns, or making ill return for kindness, attention, etc.; ingrateful.

Unpleasing; unacceptable; disagreeable; as, harsh sounds are ungrateful to the ear.

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Does not the gratitude of the dog put to shame any man who is ungrateful to his benefactors? Basil of Caesarea

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers. Kahlil Gibran

The belly is an ungrateful wretch, it never remembers past favors, it always wants more tomorrow. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

An ungrateful son is a wart on his father's nose. If he leaves it, it's ugly. If he removes it, it hurts. Persian Proverb

Ingratitude is a kind of weakness; the clever are never ungrateful. French Proverb

Hell is crowded with ungrateful wretches. Italian Proverb

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