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Webster 1913 Edition


Ingratitude

In-grat′i-tude

,
Noun.
[F.
ingratitude
, L.
ingratitudo
. See
Ingrate
.]
Lack of gratitude; insensibility to, forgetfulness of, or ill return for, kindness or favors received; unthankfulness; ungratefulness.
Ingratitude
, thou marble-hearted fiend.
Shakespeare
Ingratitude
is abhorred both by God and man.
L’Estrange.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ingratitude

INGRAT'ITUDE

, n.
1.
Want of gratitude or sentiments of kindness for favors received; insensibility to favors,and want of a disposition to repay them; unthankfulness.
Ingratitude is abhorred by God and man.
No man will own himself guilty of ingratitude.
2.
Retribution of evil for good.
Nor was it with ingratitude returned.

Definition 2024


ingratitude

ingratitude

English

Noun

ingratitude (usually uncountable, plural ingratitudes)

  1. A lack or absence of gratitude; thanklessness.
    • 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 1, in The Tragedy in Dartmoor Terrace:
      “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. []
    • 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:
      Blondie: Tut, tut. Such ingratitude after all the times I saved your life.

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French

Etymology

Old French, from Late Latin ingratitudo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.ɡʁa.ti.tyd/
  • Homophone: ingratitudes
  • Hyphenation: in‧gra‧ti‧tude

Noun

ingratitude f (plural ingratitudes)

  1. ingratitude.

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