unthank

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noun

Lack or absence of thanks or thankfulness; thanklessness; unthankfulness; ill-will.

OriginMiddle English unthank ← Old English unþanc ← Proto-Germanic *unþankaz →
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Meanings

unthank1

noununthank (uncountable)
  1. uncountableLack or absence of thanks or thankfulness; thanklessness; unthankfulness; ill-will.

    It is always by this unthank that things are given to the observer that we pretend to have access to the truth of the word.

    2000, Francis G. Snyder, The Europeanisation of Law

unthank2

verbunthank (third-person singular simple present unthanks, present participle unthanking, simple past and past participle unthanked)

present singular third person unthanks · participle present unthanking · participle past unthanked · past unthanked

  1. transitiveTo recant; unsay, as what has been said by way of acknowledgement.
  2. transitiveTo undo or retract one's thankfulness; negate, cancel, or revoke one's thanks.

Unthank3

proper noun
  1. A surname.
  2. A number of places in England:
    1. A hamlet in Dalston parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, previously in Carlisle district (OS grid ref NY3948).
    2. A hamlet in Glassonby parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY6040).
    3. A hamlet in Skelton parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY4536).
    4. A hamlet in Holmesfield parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3076).
    5. A hamlet just south of Stanhope, Stanhope parish, County Durham (OS grid ref NY9939).
    6. A hamlet in Alnham parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NU0111).
    7. A locality in Plenmeller with Whitfield parish, Northumberland, which includes Unthank Hall, and the hamlets of East Unthank and West Unthank (OS grid ref NY7363).
  3. A hamlet north of Brechin, Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO6061).

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
unthankfulness

Origin

unthank · noun

  1. Proto-Germanic*unþankaz
  2. Old Englishunþanc“displeasure, anger, ill-will”
  3. Middle Englishunthank
  4. Englishunthank

From Middle English unthank, from Old English unþanc (“displeasure, anger, ill-will”), from Proto-Germanic *unþankaz, equivalent to un- + thank. Cognate with West Frisian ontank, Dutch ondank, German Undank, Danish utak.

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unthank · verb

From un- + thank.

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APA

unthank. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unthank

MLA

“unthank.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unthank. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unthank,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unthank.

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