Meanings
comparative more ungrateful · superlative most ungrateful
- Not grateful; not expressing gratitude.
Near-synonyms: unappreciative, unthankful
1 more example
“It seems to delight you to think that you are to leave Paris, and that we shall not see each other for months, perhaps. Tarzan, you are a most ungrateful beast!” and D’Arnot laughed.
1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “A Duel”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, pages 84–85Synonyms: unappreciative, unthankful · Antonyms: grateful
- Disagreeable, repellent, unpleasant.
If any care for what is here Survive in spirits render’d free, Then are these songs I sing of thee Not all ungrateful to thine ear.
1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXXVIII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 59
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivedisagreeable
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishgrateful
- Englishungrateful
Translations
Ancient Greek ἀχάριστος
- ἀχάριστος (akháristos)not grateful
Bulgarian неблагода́рен
- неблагода́рен (neblagodáren)not grateful
Catalan malagraït, desagraït
- malagraïtnot grateful
- desagraïtnot grateful
- ingratnot grateful
Chinese Mandarin 忘恩負義 /忘恩负义
- 忘恩負義 /忘恩负义 (wàng'ēnfùyì)not grateful
Czech nevděčný
- nevděčnýnot grateful
Danish utaknemmelig, utaknemlig
- utaknemmelignot grateful
- utaknemlignot grateful
Dutch ondankbaar
- ondankbaarnot grateful
Estonian tänamatu
- tänamatunot grateful
Finnish epäkiitollinen, kiittämätön
- epäkiitollinennot grateful
- kiittämätönnot grateful
French ingrat
- ingratnot grateful
German undankbar
- undankbarnot grateful
Greek αχάριστος, αγνώμων
- αχάριστος (acháristos)not grateful
- αγνώμων (agnómon)not grateful
Hebrew כְּפוּי טוֹבָה
- כְּפוּי טוֹבָה (kfuy tová)not grateful
Hindi अकृतज्ञ, कृतघ्न
- अकृतज्ञ (akŕtajña)not grateful
- कृतघ्न (kŕtaghna)not grateful
Hungarian hálátlan
- hálátlannot grateful
Indonesian tak berterimakasih, tidak tahu berterima kasih
- tak berterimakasihnot grateful
- tidak tahu berterima kasihnot grateful
Irish neamhbhuíoch
- neamhbhuíochnot grateful
Italian ingrato, irriconoscente
- ingratonot grateful
- irriconoscentenot grateful
Korean 배은망덕
- 배은망덕 (baeeunmangdeok)not grateful
Latin ingrātus
- ingrātusnot grateful
Latvian nepateicīgs
- nepateicīgsnot grateful
Norwegian utakknemlig
- utakknemlignot grateful
Polish niewdzięczny
- niewdzięcznynot grateful
Portuguese ingrato, mal-agradecido
- ingratonot grateful
- mal-agradecidonot grateful
Russian неблагода́рный
- неблагода́рный (neblagodárnyj)not grateful
Slovak nevďačný
- nevďačnýnot grateful
Spanish desagradecido, ingrato
- desagradecidonot grateful
- ingratonot grateful
- malagradecidonot grateful
Swedish otacksam
- otacksamnot grateful
Tagalog busong, burisingkaw
- busongnot grateful
- burisingkawnot grateful
Thai ทรพี, อกตัญญู
- ทรพี (tɔɔ-rá-pii)not grateful
- อกตัญญู (à-gà-dtan-yuu)not grateful
Turkish nankör
- nankörnot grateful
Ukrainian невдя́чний
- невдя́чний (nevdjáčnyj)not grateful
Yiddish אָן דאַנק
- אָן דאַנקnot grateful
Cite this entry
ungrateful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ungrateful
“ungrateful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ungrateful. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ungrateful,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ungrateful.
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