单词 | thanklessness |
释义 | thanklessnessn. The quality or condition of being thankless; ungratefulness, unthankfulness. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > gratitude > ingratitude > [noun] ingratitude1340 unkindnessa1393 slowfulness1484 unthankfulnessc1500 ingratuity1528 ungratitude1548 ingratefulness1570 thanklessness1583 ungratefulnessa1586 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie vii. 41 Were it not too shamefull a thankelesnesse in vs if wee shoulde not bee [etc.]. 1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer iv. 404 Thy thanklesnesse, And such like Sinnes. 1840 L. Hunt Legend of Florence i. ii Friendship ends, In treachery and in thanklessness begun. 1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 273 Thanklessness shuts the door to God's personal mercies to us. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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