ingratitude

Roget-categorie 917

6. Words relating to the sentient and moral
› 6.3. Sympathetic affections
›› 6.3.4. Retrospective sympathetic affections

#917. Ingratitude

zelfstandig naamwoord

ingratitude, thanklessness, oblivion of benefits, unthankfulness^†.
benefits forgot —" thankless task, thankless office.

werkwoord

be ungrateful etc. adj. — forget benefits — look a gift horse in the mouth.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

ungrateful, unmindful, unthankful — thankless, ingrate, wanting in gratitude, insensible of benefits.
forgotten — unacknowledged, unthanked^†, unrequited, unrewarded — ill-requited.

tussenwerpsel

thank you for nothing!, thanks for nothing!, et tu Brute! " [Julius Caesar].

uitdrukking

ingratitude! thou marble-hearted fiend" [Lear].

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