ingratitude
English
Etymology
From Old French ingratitude, from Late Latin ingratitudo
Noun
ingratitude (usually uncountable, plural ingratitudes)
- 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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Translations
thanklessness
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French
Etymology
Old French, from Late Latin ingratitudo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.ɡʁa.ti.tyd/
Audio (France, Paris) (file) - Homophone: ingratitudes
- Hyphenation: in‧gra‧ti‧tude
Antonyms
Further reading
- “ingratitude” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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