ingratitude
Syllables: in·grat·i·tudeUK/ɪnˈɡɹætɪtjuːd//ɪnˈɡɹætɪtud/
ingratitude noun: a lack or absence of gratitude; thanklessness.
Noun
ingratitude (usually uncountable, plural ingratitudes)
- A lack or absence of gratitude; thanklessness.
- “Mrs. Yule's chagrin and horror at what she called her son's base ingratitude knew no bounds ; at first it was even thought that she would never get over it.[…]”1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Tragedy in Dartmoor Terrace”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition...
- Blondie: Tut, tut. Such ingratitude after all the times I saved your life.1966, Age & Scarpelli, Sergio Leone, and Luciano Vincenzoni (writers), Sergio Leone (director), Clint Eastwood (actor), The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (movie), Produzioni Europee Associati
- Antonyms:
- gratitude
ingratitude meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
ingratitude in Hindi
- thanklessness
- कृतघ्नता kŕtaghnatā, अकृतज्ञता akŕtajñatā
ingratitude in Tamil
- செய்ந்நன்றி மறப்பு, நன்றிக் கேடு, நன்றியின்மை
ingratitude in Marathi
- ingratitude, thanklessness
- कृतघ्नता krutaghnatā
ingratitude in Urdu
- ingratitude
- احسان فراموشی ehsān farāmośī
More languagesFewer languages
- ingratitude in Bengali
- অকৃতজ্ঞতা ôkritôggõta
- ingratitude in Telugu
- కృతఘ్నత kr̥taghnata
- ingratitude in Malayalam
- നന്ദികേട്, കൃതഘ്നത, കൃതഘ്നത്വം, ഉപകാരസ്മരണയില്ലായ്മ
- ingratitude in Kannada
- ಕೃತಘ್ನತೆ, ಕೃತಜ್ಞತೆ ಇಲ್ಲದಿರುವುದು, ಉಪಕಾರ ಸ್ಮರಣೆ ಇಲ್ಲದಿರುವುದು
- ingratitude in Tagalog
- kabusungan, pasiwalanloob, kaburisingkawan
Antonyms of ingratitude
Forms of ingratitude
| plural | ingratitudes |
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Origin of ingratitude
From in- + gratitude, from Old French ingratitude, from Late Latin ingrātitūdō. By surface analysis, in- + Latin grat(us) + -itude.
Questions about ingratitude
- What does ingratitude mean?
- Ingratitude means a lack or absence of gratitude; thanklessness.
- What is ingratitude in Hindi?
- Ingratitude in Hindi is कृतघ्नता (kŕtaghnatā), अकृतज्ञता (akŕtajñatā). See Ingratitude meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ingratitude?
- Ingratitude is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ingratitude?
- Ingratitude is pronounced /ɪnˈɡɹætɪtud/ (US).
- What is the plural of ingratitude?
- The plural of ingratitude is ingratitudes.
Words near ingratitude in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ingratitude (page history and authors); ingratitude (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); कृतघ्नता (Marathi) (page history and authors); احسان فراموشی (Urdu) (page history and authors); অকৃতজ্ঞতা (Bengali) (page history and authors); ingratitude (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); ingratitude (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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