ungratefuladj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈɡreɪtf(ᵿ)l/,

/(ˌ)ʌŋˈɡreɪtf(ᵿ)l/, U.S.

/ˌənˈɡreɪtfəl/

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1

a. Not feeling or displaying gratitude.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > gratitude > ingratitude > [adjective]

unkindc1300

slowful1484

unthankful1499

unthankfulc1500

ingrate1528

thankless1536

ungrate1548

ingrateful1553

ungrateful1553

grateless1577

unacknowledging1611

unthanking1902

1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. x. f. 216 The Macedons..confessyng them selues bothe wicked and vngrateful, for depriuynge him of anye name wherof he was worthye.

1587 J. Higgins Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) Albanacte lxii If you ungratefull mindes doe beare, What meaneth death to let mee linger here.

1621 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1618–21 (1906) 354 Such base ungratfull slaves they bee.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 312 All Symptoms of a base Ungrateful Mind, So foul, that which is worse, 'tis hard to find.

1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 356 If it was, I must be the ungratefullest Person in the World, because I am the most obliged Person in it.

1813 W. Scott Rokeby iv. 183 Ungrateful to God's clemency, That spared me penitential time.

1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 206 That I am ungrateful I wholly deny.

absolute.1676 J. Dryden Aureng-Zebe iv. 64 Th' ungrateful does a more ungrateful find.1690 tr. U. Chevreau Great Scanderberg 82 The Ungrateful despises my flame with a cruel obstinacy.1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux I. i. i. 5 He could not persuade his lips to repeat a sarcasm hurting even the dead or the ungrateful.spec.1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Ungrateful man, a parson, who at least once a week abuses his best benefactor, i.e. the devil.

b. Of actions, etc.: Displaying lack of gratitude.

ΚΠ

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. iv. sig. Ll2^v By vngratefull scorning the ornaments of Nature, am I now piping in a shaddow?

1641 W. Prynne Antipathie 9 O perfidious, ungratefull Councell and swasion of this Prelate.

1700 M. Prior Carmen Sæculare 15 Nor let the Muses with ungrateful Pride The mutual Obligation hide.

1799 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 1 220 Asserting, that contemporary writers received his works with an ungrateful silence.

1825 W. Scott Betrothed iii, in Tales Crusaders II. 78 These sentiments..I have combated..as being..ungrateful to you.

c. transferred. Of soil, trees, etc.: Not responding to cultivation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [adjective] > infertile

unbearingc825

geasonOE

unkindc1330

barren1377

unfructuousa1382

poora1387

leanc1420

exile?1440

salt1535

unfruitful?1542

sterile1572

dead1577

unlusty1580

queasy1593

heartless1594

unfertile1596

emacerated1610

sapless1655

unprolific1672

uncivil1676

ungrateful1681

worn1681

teemless1687

unproductive1725

poorish1767

ill-conditioned1796

scanty1797

rammelly1808

starve-acre1891

1681 J. Dryden Absalom & Achitophel 1 A Soyl ungratefull to the Tiller's care.

1733 A. Pope Ess. Man ii. 169 As Fruits ungrateful to the Planter's care On savage Stocks inserted, learn to bear.

1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall V. l. 178 Their ungrateful soil refused the labours of agriculture.

1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain II. v. 95 The land is ungrateful and barren.

1864 G. O. Trevelyan Competition Wallah xi. 374 The labourers in this ungrateful vineyard.

a. Unpleasant, disagreeable, distasteful.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [adjective] > unpleasant

loatha700

unsweetc890

grimlyc893

unquemeOE

un-i-quemeOE

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sourc1175

illc1220

unhightlyc1275

unwelcomec1325

unblithec1330

unnetc1330

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unagreeablec1374

uncouthc1380

unsavouryc1380

displeasantc1386

unlikinga1398

ungaina1400

crabbedc1400

unlovelyc1400

displeasing1401

eschewc1420

unsoot1420

mislikinga1425

unlikelya1425

unlustya1425

fastidiousc1425

unpleasantc1430

displicable1471

unthankfulc1475

displeasant1481

uneasy1483

unpleasinga1500

unfaring1513

badc1530

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disagreeable1570

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naughty1578

delightlessa1586

undelightful1585

unwisheda1586

unpleasurable1587

undelightsomec1595

dislikeful1596

disliking1596

ungrateful1596

unsweet?a1600

distastive1600

impleasing1602

distasting1603

distasteful1607

unsightly1608

undelectable1610

disgustful1611

unrelishing1611

waspisha1616

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unwished-for1617

disrelishing1631

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mirya1652

unwelcomed1651

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sweet1656

injucund1657

insuave1657

unpalatable1658

unhandsome1660

undesirable1667

disrelishablea1670

uncouthsome1684

shocking1703

nasty1705

embittering1746

indelectable1751

undelightinga1774

nice and ——1796

unenjoyablea1797

ungenial1796

uncomplacent1805

ungracious1807

bitter1810

rotten1813

uncongenial1813

quarrelsome1825

grimy1833

nice1836

unrelished1863

bloody1867

unbewitching1876

ferocious1877

displeasurable1879

rebarbative1892

charming1893

crook1898

naar1900

peppery1901

negative1902

poisonous1906

off-putting1935

unsympathetic1937

piggy1942

funky1946

umpty1948

pooey1967

minging1970

Scrooge-like1976

sucky1984

stank1991

stanky1991

1596 J. Davies Orchestra iii. sig. A3^v [To] tell..How shee illudes..Th'vngratefull loue which other Lords began.

1641 ‘Smectymnuus’ Vindic. Answer Hvmble Remonstr. iii. 53 It is in his power to save himselfe and us this ungratefull labour.

1691 J. Hartcliffe Treat. Virtues 178 For a Man to praise or dispraise himself is ungrateful, and quickly cloyes the hearer.

1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea II. xii. 58 Monopolies..are generally ungrateful to the people of a free state.

1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xii. 325 The ungrateful rumour reached his ears.

1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. ix. 390 Even the kindness.., though not ungrateful, will not excite the proper working of esteem.

b. Of taste or smell, or of things in respect of these.

ΚΠ

1628 J. Woodall Viaticum 12 Laudanum is best to be taken in a pill, because of his vngratefull taste.

1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) i. 34 These roots haue a strong..smell, and somewhat an vngratefull taste.

1663 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim xxviii Good wine which..is rendred..acid and ungrateful to our palate.

a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) 12 That which we now have is of an ungratefull odour.

1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. 17 The Nuts..are then tosted,..and made into an ungrateful drink.

1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea II. i. 2 The reeds through which we passed sent forth an ungrateful stench.

1846 A. Marsh Father Darcy II. ii. 69 There he sat—endeavouring to touch the ungrateful food.

1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 465 By which certain foods are recognised, consciously or not, as grateful or ungrateful.

c. Of sounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > [adjective]

foula1398

uglyc1400

unsweet1579

absonant1600

teeth-edging1603

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horrisonant1656

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common sounding1676

lacerant1785

cacophonous1797

uncadencedc1838

cacophonic1847

unlistenable1872

uneuphonious1880

ineuphonious1887

1659 O. Walker Some Instr. Art of Oratory 24 Too many Consonants or Vowells comming together are to be avoided, as causing an ungrateful sound.

1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 16 Some sounds..are very harsh and ungrateful.

1759 O. Goldsmith Enq. Present State Polite Learning ii It was the poet who harmonized the ungrateful accents of his native dialect.

1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xxxviii. 59 Then are these songs I sing of thee Not all ungrateful to thine ear.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	ungrateful
释义	ungratefuladj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈɡreɪtf(ᵿ)l/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈɡreɪtf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˌənˈɡreɪtfəl/ Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1 1. a. Not feeling or displaying gratitude. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > gratitude > ingratitude > [adjective] unkindc1300 slowful1484 unthankful1499 unthankfulc1500 ingrate1528 thankless1536 ungrate1548 ingrateful1553 ungrateful1553 grateless1577 unacknowledging1611 unthanking1902 1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. x. f. 216 The Macedons..confessyng them selues bothe wicked and vngrateful, for depriuynge him of anye name wherof he was worthye. 1587 J. Higgins Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) Albanacte lxii If you ungratefull mindes doe beare, What meaneth death to let mee linger here. 1621 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1618–21 (1906) 354 Such base ungratfull slaves they bee. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 312 All Symptoms of a base Ungrateful Mind, So foul, that which is worse, 'tis hard to find. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 356 If it was, I must be the ungratefullest Person in the World, because I am the most obliged Person in it. 1813 W. Scott Rokeby iv. 183 Ungrateful to God's clemency, That spared me penitential time. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 206 That I am ungrateful I wholly deny. absolute.1676 J. Dryden Aureng-Zebe iv. 64 Th' ungrateful does a more ungrateful find.1690 tr. U. Chevreau Great Scanderberg 82 The Ungrateful despises my flame with a cruel obstinacy.1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux I. i. i. 5 He could not persuade his lips to repeat a sarcasm hurting even the dead or the ungrateful.spec.1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Ungrateful man, a parson, who at least once a week abuses his best benefactor, i.e. the devil. b. Of actions, etc.: Displaying lack of gratitude. ΚΠ a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. iv. sig. Ll2^v By vngratefull scorning the ornaments of Nature, am I now piping in a shaddow? 1641 W. Prynne Antipathie 9 O perfidious, ungratefull Councell and swasion of this Prelate. 1700 M. Prior Carmen Sæculare 15 Nor let the Muses with ungrateful Pride The mutual Obligation hide. 1799 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 1 220 Asserting, that contemporary writers received his works with an ungrateful silence. 1825 W. Scott Betrothed iii, in Tales Crusaders II. 78 These sentiments..I have combated..as being..ungrateful to you. c. transferred. Of soil, trees, etc.: Not responding to cultivation. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [adjective] > infertile unbearingc825 geasonOE unkindc1330 barren1377 unfructuousa1382 poora1387 leanc1420 exile?1440 salt1535 unfruitful?1542 sterile1572 dead1577 unlusty1580 queasy1593 heartless1594 unfertile1596 emacerated1610 sapless1655 unprolific1672 uncivil1676 ungrateful1681 worn1681 teemless1687 unproductive1725 poorish1767 ill-conditioned1796 scanty1797 rammelly1808 starve-acre1891 1681 J. Dryden Absalom & Achitophel 1 A Soyl ungratefull to the Tiller's care. 1733 A. Pope Ess. Man ii. 169 As Fruits ungrateful to the Planter's care On savage Stocks inserted, learn to bear. 1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall V. l. 178 Their ungrateful soil refused the labours of agriculture. 1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain II. v. 95 The land is ungrateful and barren. 1864 G. O. Trevelyan Competition Wallah xi. 374 The labourers in this ungrateful vineyard. 2. a. Unpleasant, disagreeable, distasteful. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [adjective] > unpleasant loatha700 unsweetc890 grimlyc893 unquemeOE un-i-quemeOE evila1131 sourc1175 illc1220 unhightlyc1275 unwelcomec1325 unblithec1330 unnetc1330 unrekena1350 unagreeablec1374 uncouthc1380 unsavouryc1380 displeasantc1386 unlikinga1398 ungaina1400 crabbedc1400 unlovelyc1400 displeasing1401 eschewc1420 unsoot1420 mislikinga1425 unlikelya1425 unlustya1425 fastidiousc1425 unpleasantc1430 displicable1471 unthankfulc1475 displeasant1481 uneasy1483 unpleasinga1500 unfaring1513 badc1530 malpleasant?1533 noisome1542 thanklessa1547 ungrate1548 untoothsome1548 ungreeable1550 contrary1561 disagreeable1570 offensible1575 offensive1576 naughty1578 delightlessa1586 undelightful1585 unwisheda1586 unpleasurable1587 undelightsomec1595 dislikeful1596 disliking1596 ungrateful1596 unsweet?a1600 distastive1600 impleasing1602 distasting1603 distasteful1607 unsightly1608 undelectable1610 disgustful1611 unrelishing1611 waspisha1616 undeliciousa1618 unwished-for1617 disrelishing1631 unenjoyed1643 unjoyous1645 mirya1652 unwelcomed1651 unpleasivea1656 sweet1656 injucund1657 insuave1657 unpalatable1658 unhandsome1660 undesirable1667 disrelishablea1670 uncouthsome1684 shocking1703 nasty1705 embittering1746 indelectable1751 undelightinga1774 nice and ——1796 unenjoyablea1797 ungenial1796 uncomplacent1805 ungracious1807 bitter1810 rotten1813 uncongenial1813 quarrelsome1825 grimy1833 nice1836 unrelished1863 bloody1867 unbewitching1876 ferocious1877 displeasurable1879 rebarbative1892 charming1893 crook1898 naar1900 peppery1901 negative1902 poisonous1906 off-putting1935 unsympathetic1937 piggy1942 funky1946 umpty1948 pooey1967 minging1970 Scrooge-like1976 sucky1984 stank1991 stanky1991 1596 J. Davies Orchestra iii. sig. A3^v [To] tell..How shee illudes..Th'vngratefull loue which other Lords began. 1641 ‘Smectymnuus’ Vindic. Answer Hvmble Remonstr. iii. 53 It is in his power to save himselfe and us this ungratefull labour. 1691 J. Hartcliffe Treat. Virtues 178 For a Man to praise or dispraise himself is ungrateful, and quickly cloyes the hearer. 1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea II. xii. 58 Monopolies..are generally ungrateful to the people of a free state. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xii. 325 The ungrateful rumour reached his ears. 1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. ix. 390 Even the kindness.., though not ungrateful, will not excite the proper working of esteem. b. Of taste or smell, or of things in respect of these. ΚΠ 1628 J. Woodall Viaticum 12 Laudanum is best to be taken in a pill, because of his vngratefull taste. 1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) i. 34 These roots haue a strong..smell, and somewhat an vngratefull taste. 1663 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim xxviii Good wine which..is rendred..acid and ungrateful to our palate. a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) 12 That which we now have is of an ungratefull odour. 1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. 17 The Nuts..are then tosted,..and made into an ungrateful drink. 1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea II. i. 2 The reeds through which we passed sent forth an ungrateful stench. 1846 A. Marsh Father Darcy II. ii. 69 There he sat—endeavouring to touch the ungrateful food. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 465 By which certain foods are recognised, consciously or not, as grateful or ungrateful. c. Of sounds. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > [adjective] foula1398 uglyc1400 unsweet1579 absonant1600 teeth-edging1603 horrisonous1631 horrisonant1656 ungrateful1659 common sounding1676 lacerant1785 cacophonous1797 uncadencedc1838 cacophonic1847 unlistenable1872 uneuphonious1880 ineuphonious1887 1659 O. Walker Some Instr. Art of Oratory 24 Too many Consonants or Vowells comming together are to be avoided, as causing an ungrateful sound. 1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 16 Some sounds..are very harsh and ungrateful. 1759 O. Goldsmith Enq. Present State Polite Learning ii It was the poet who harmonized the ungrateful accents of his native dialect. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xxxviii. 59 Then are these songs I sing of thee Not all ungrateful to thine ear. 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