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unthank

unthank noun: lack or absence of thanks or thankfulness; thanklessness; unthankfulness; ill-will.

Noun

unthank (uncountable)

  1. Lack 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

Verb

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

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

Proper noun capitalized: Unthank

Unthank

  1. A surname.
  2. A hamlet in Dalston parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, previously in Carlisle district (OS grid ref NY3948).
  3. A hamlet in Glassonby parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY6040).
  4. A hamlet in Skelton parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY4536).
  5. A hamlet in Holmesfield parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3076).
  6. A hamlet just south of Stanhope, Stanhope parish, County Durham (OS grid ref NY9939).
  7. A hamlet in Alnham parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NU0111).
  8. 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).
  9. A hamlet north of Brechin, Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO6061).

Forms of unthank

third-person singular presentunthanks
present participleunthanking
past participleunthanked
pastunthanked

Origin of unthank

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.

From un- + thank.

Words formed from unthank

Questions about unthank

What does unthank mean?
Unthank means lack or absence of thanks or thankfulness; thanklessness; unthankfulness; ill-will.
What part of speech is unthank?
Unthank can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.

Words near unthank in the dictionary

  1. untextual
  2. untextualised
  3. untextualized
  4. untextured
  5. untexturized
  6. unthank
  7. unthankable
  8. unthanked
  9. unthankful
  10. unthankfully
  11. unthankfulness

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