'Ungrateful' definitions:
Definition of 'ungrateful'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Not feeling or showing gratitude; "ungrateful heirs"; "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child!"- Shakespeare [syn: ungrateful, thankless, unthankful] [ant: grateful, thankful]
adjective
Disagreeable; "I will not perform the ungrateful task of comparing cases of failure"- Abraham Lincoln
Definition of 'Ungrateful'
From: GCIDE
- Ungrateful \Un*grate"ful\, a.
- 1. Not grateful; not thankful for favors; making no returns, or making ill return for kindness, attention, etc.; ingrateful. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Unpleasing; unacceptable; disagreeable; as, harsh sounds are ungrateful to the ear. [1913 Webster] -- {Un*grate"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Un*grate"ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]