unthankful

English

Etymology

From Middle English unthankful, from Old English unþancful, unþancfull, unġeþancfull (“unthankful, ungrateful”), equivalent to un- +‎ thankful. Cognate with Old High German undankfol (“unthankful, ungrateful”).

Adjective

unthankful (comparative more unthankful, superlative most unthankful)

Not thankful; ungrateful.
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 170:
  Guido has made me fanciful. I am unthankful for the good which has really fallen to our share. Henriette is very, very kind—how glad I ought to be of such powerful protection!

Derived terms

Translations

not thankful — see also ungrateful

Bulgarian: неблагодарен (bg) (neblagodaren)
Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌰𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌲𐍃 (launawargs)
Greek:
Ancient: ἀχάριστος (akháristos)
Malayalam: നന്ദികെട്ട (nandikeṭṭa)

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