ungrateful

ungrateful
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. unthankful, ingrate, unappreciative, thankless, forgetful; unwanted, unpleasing, unwelcome. See ingratitude, discontent.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. thankless, unthankful, selfish, lacking in appreciation, unappreciative, grasping, demanding, self-centered, unmindful, forgetful, heedless, careless, insensible, dissatisfied, grumbling, unnatural, faultfinding, oblivious.
Ant. thankful*, grateful obliged.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
unappreciative, unthankful, *looking a gift horse in the mouth, dissatisfied, *spoiled rotten, *biting the hand that feeds you.
ANT.: appreciate, thankful
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Not showing or feeling gratitude: thankless, unappreciative, unthankful, unthanking. See GRATEFUL. 2. Not apt to be appreciated: thankless, unappreciated, unthankful. See GRATEFUL.

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