ungrateful

ungrateful is a 10-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Not grateful; not thankful for favors; making no returns, or making ill return for kindness, attention, etc.; ingrateful. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 19 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Not grateful; not thankful for favors; making no returns, or making ill return for kindness, attention, etc.; ingrateful.
2. adjective. Unpleasing; unacceptable; disagreeable; as, harsh sounds are ungrateful to the ear.
3. adjective. not feeling or showing gratitude- Shakespeare

   "ungrateful heirs"

   "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child!"

   Synonyms: thankless, unthankful

4. adjective. disagreeable- Abraham Lincoln

   "I will not perform the ungrateful task of comparing cases of failure"

Synonyms

thankless, unthankful

Common word forms

ungratefully, ungratefulness

Words from these letters

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