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We often fancy that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.
Walter Savage Landor

Meaning of "ingratitude" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INGRATITUDE

ingratitude  [ɪnˈɡrætɪˌtjuːd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INGRATITUDE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ingratitude is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INGRATITUDE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of ingratitude in the English dictionary

The definition of ingratitude in the dictionary is lack of gratitude; ungratefulness; thanklessness.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INGRATITUDE


altitude
ˈæltɪˌtjuːd
amplitude
ˈæmplɪˌtjuːd
aptitude
ˈæptɪˌtjuːd
attitude
ˈætɪˌtjuːd
certitude
ˈsɜːtɪˌtjuːd
exactitude
ɪɡˈzæktɪˌtjuːd
finitude
ˈfɪnɪˌtjuːd
fortitude
ˈfɔːtɪˌtjuːd
gratitude
ˈɡrætɪˌtjuːd
habitude
ˈhæbɪˌtjuːd
incertitude
ɪnˈsɜːtɪˌtjuːd
latitude
ˈlætɪˌtjuːd
longitude
ˈlɒndʒɪˌtjuːd
magnitude
ˈmæɡnɪˌtjuːd
multitude
ˈmʌltɪˌtjuːd
negritude
ˈniːɡrɪˌtjuːd
plenitude
ˈplɛnɪˌtjuːd
servitude
ˈsɜːvɪˌtjuːd
solitude
ˈsɒlɪˌtjuːd
verisimilitude
ˌvɛrɪsɪˈmɪlɪˌtjuːd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INGRATITUDE

ingraft
ingraftation
ingraftment
ingrain
ingrained
ingrainedly
ingrainedness
ingram
ingrate
ingrateful
ingrately
ingratiate
ingratiating
ingratiatingly
ingratiation
ingratiatory
ingravescence
ingravescent
ingredient

WORDS THAT END LIKE INGRATITUDE

absolute magnitude
apparent magnitude
decrepitude
earthquake magnitude
inaptitude
ineptitude
inexactitude
infinitude
lassitude
line of latitude
line of longitude
order of magnitude
parallel of latitude
penal servitude
pulchritude
quietude
show-me attitude
similitude
the multitude
vicissitude
visual magnitude

Synonyms and antonyms of ingratitude in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INGRATITUDE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «ingratitude» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of ingratitude

Translation of «ingratitude» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INGRATITUDE

Find out the translation of ingratitude to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ingratitude from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ingratitude» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

忘恩负义
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ingratitud
570 millions of speakers

English

ingratitude
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कृतध्नता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الجحود
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неблагодарность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ingratidão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অকৃতজ্ঞতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ingratitude
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak terima kasih
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Undank
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

忘恩
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

배은망덕
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ingratitude
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự vong ân
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நன்றி கெட்ட
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कृतघ्नता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

nankörlük
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ingratitudine
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niewdzięczność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

невдячність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ingratitudine
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αχαριστία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ondankbaarheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ingratitude
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

utakknemlighet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ingratitude

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INGRATITUDE»

The term «ingratitude» is regularly used and occupies the 101.125 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INGRATITUDE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ingratitude

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8 QUOTES WITH «INGRATITUDE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word ingratitude.
1
Elliott Abrams
The story of the Jews in the Bible is replete with incidents of their ingratitude to God for His gifts to them: incidents that just as repeatedly merit and receive punishment.
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Saint Ignatius
In the light of the Divine Goodness, it seems to me, though others may think differently, that ingratitude is the most abominable of sins and that it should be detested in the sight of our Creator and Lord by all of His creatures who are capable of enjoying His divine and everlasting glory.
3
Immanuel Kant
Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.
4
Walter Savage Landor
We often fancy that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.
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Walter Savage Landor
We think that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.
6
Alphonsus Liguori
Assuredly, Loving Souls, you should go to God with all humility and respect, humbling yourselves in His presence, especially when you remember your past ingratitude and sins.
7
Charlie Pierce
According to the people who dearly would love to throw him out of office, Barack Obama was elected to be 'above politics.' He wasn't elected to be president, after all. He was elected as an avatar of American tolerance. His attempts to get himself reelected imply a certain, well, ingratitude.
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James Thomson
Ingratitude is treason to mankind.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INGRATITUDE»

Discover the use of ingratitude in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ingratitude and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ingratitude: The Debt-bound Daughter in Asian American ...
In Ingratitude, Erin Khu Ninh explores this apparent paradox, locating in the origins of these women's maddeningly immaterial suffering not only racial hegemonies but also the structure of the immigrant family itself.
Erin Khuê Ninh, 2005
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Ingratitude
So Yan-Zi decides to commit suicide in order to shake off the yoke of her mother's love. In this novel she tells the story of her last days with a cool, cruel detachment that recalls Camus's The Stranger.
Ying Chen, 2010
3
The Concept of Ingratitude in Renaissance English Moral ...
This is a new release of the original 1946 edition.
E. Catherine Dunn, 2013
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Thanks!: How the New Science of Gratitude Can Make You Happier
This pattern easily encourages ingratitude. If we see ourselves as the causes of our own success, then there is no "other" to give credit to and to be grateful toward. In some cases of ingratitude, deeper underlying motives may be involved .
Robert A. Emmons, 2007
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The Perfect Gift: The Philanthropic Imagination in Poetry ...
"Another. Case. of. Ingratitude". John. Reed. American journalist and author John Reed (1887-1920) was widely known for his eyewitness account of the 1917 October Revolution in Russia, Ten Days That Shook the World, as well as for his  ...
Amy A. Kass, 2002
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Prologue to Revolution: Sources and Documents on the Stamp ...
S3. Anti-Sejanus: The. "ingratitude. of. the. Americans". 54. Anti-Sejanus: " frivolous. pretences". 55. Anti-Sejanus: "the spirit of rebellion'. danger, have taken such wise and salutary steps, as oblige us to adore the goodness of that special ...
Edmund Sears Morgan, 1959
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The Psychology of Gratitude
Because ingratitude is similar to disavowal of God. The atheist is also an ingrate. An individual may begin by manifesting ingratitude for the kindness shown to him by his fellow man; it is not long before he disavows the kindness of his Creator.
Robert A. Emmons, Michael E. McCullough, 2004
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Crisis in Representation: Thomas Paine, Mary Wollstonecraft, ...
Washington's "ingratitude" to Paine and France is associated with America's ingratitude to Paine and France. Writing to Jefferson in April 1797, Paine informed him that France was "enraged" with America's "ingratitude and sly treachery," ...
Steven Blakemore, 1997
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Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions
For, as snakes breed in dunghills not singly, but in knots, so in such base, noisome hearts you shall ever see pride and ingratitude indivisibly wreathed and twisted together. Ingratitude overlooks all kindnesses, but it is because. pride makes it ...
Robert South, 1872
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All the Parables of the Bible
Isaiah opens his great indictment of Israel for their ingratitude and iniquity by calling upon the universe to listen to it. "Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth" ( 1:2). He then likens God's children to those who grew up under a loving father's care ...
Herbert Lockyer, 1963

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INGRATITUDE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ingratitude is used in the context of the following news items.
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Nancy Smith: Contested will is Civil War era version of a soap opera …
... deeply regrets the grasping disposition and shameful ingratitude manifested in the bill of complainants, — but still she is willing to make a full ... «Greensboro News & Record, Jul 15»
2
Alcides Ghiggia, scorer of Uruguay′s 1950 World Cup winner, dies …
Barbosa died [in 2000] with the ingratitude of the Brazilian people." WM 1950 Brasilien Uruguay Tor. Moacir Barbosa became a scapegoat for ... «Deutsche Welle, Jul 15»
3
Trail Dust: Letter provides glimpse of temperamental authors - The …
Further, May Rhodes regarded the attack as the height of ingratitude. She knew that back in the 1890s, it had been Charles Lummis who gave ... «Santa Fe New Mexican, Jul 15»
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Rowley: Spirit of Eid to remedy society's ills - Trinidad Express
We realise we cannot afford to sit idly by and let greed, selfishness, ingratitude, corruption and intolerance permeate our beloved nation. «Trinidad & Tobago Express, Jul 15»
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A Dose of Nuance: Goodbye – but to which ally? - Opinion …
I wanted to accuse them of that most narcissistic of sins: ingratitude” (269). When Oren says “Ally, Goodbye,” is it possible he may well have two ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
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Six Things On The Chattanooga Massacre | The Hayride
The shocking ingratitude of that can't be ignored, and there isn't a whole lot anybody can say in the defense of the culture which spawned this ... «The Hayride, Jul 15»
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Riots in Athens: EU's Impending Collapse? - Counterpunch
... Marx never envisioned—hence, deviations, like the Greek referendum itself, must be ridiculed and viewed as un-European and ingratitude. «CounterPunch, Jul 15»
8
Veteran's response to thank-yous is offensive
The ingratitude and disdain he expressed toward his fellow citizens simply because they thanked him for his service as a member of our armed ... «Florida Keys Keynoter, Jul 15»
9
Harper Lee, 'Go Set A Watchman,' And A Defense Of The Two-Hit …
Set aside the scandalous conspiracy theories about whether or not Lee was coerced into publishing this book. Set aside the urge for ingratitude ... «WBUR, Jul 15»
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Multicultural 'Romeo and Juliet' pumps 1595 tragedy with new life
His trembling anger gives an electric jolt to the scene in which Capulet rages against Juliet's ingratitude. Tess Lina's Lady Capulet spits venom ... «OCRegister, Jul 15»

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