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)

1. 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

• unthankfulness
• unthankfully

Translations

not thankful — see also ungrateful

• Bulgarian: неблагодарен (bg) (neblagodaren)
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌰𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌲𐍃 (launawargs)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀχάριστος (akháristos)

• Hindi: कृतघ्न (hi) (kŕtaghna), अकृतज्ञ (hi) (akŕtajña)
• Malayalam: നന്ദികെട്ട (nandikeṭṭa)
• Sanskrit: अकृतज्ञ (sa) (akṛtajña)