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PRONUNCIATION OF UNTHANKFUL

unthankful  [ʌnˈθæŋkfʊl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNTHANKFUL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unthankful is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNTHANKFUL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unthankful in the English dictionary

The definition of unthankful in the dictionary is not thankful, unappreciative, ungrateful.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNTHANKFUL


bookful
ˈbʊkfʊl
cheekful
ˈtʃiːkfʊl
dislikeful
dɪsˈlaɪkfʊl
forkful
ˈfɔːkfʊl
friskful
ˈfrɪskfʊl
lockful
ˈlɒkfʊl
pokeful
ˈpəʊkfʊl
prankful
ˈpræŋkfʊl
rackful
ˈrækfʊl
rebukeful
rɪˈbjuːkfʊl
riskful
ˈrɪskfʊl
sackful
ˈsækfʊl
stickful
ˈstɪkfʊl
tankful
ˈtæŋkfʊl
thankful
ˈθæŋkfʊl
truckful
ˈtrʌkfʊl
trunkful
ˈtrʌŋkfʊl
wakeful
ˈweɪkfʊl
wrackful
ˈrækfʊl
wreakful
ˈriːkfʊl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNTHANKFUL

unthanked
unthankfully
unthankfulness
unthatch
unthawed
untheological
untheoretical
unthickened
unthink
unthinkability
unthinkable
unthinkableness
unthinkably
unthinking
unthinkingly
unthinkingness
unthorough
unthought
unthought-of
unthoughtful

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNTHANKFUL

awful
beautiful
careful
colorful
delightful
faithful
grateful
handful
harmful
helpful
hopeful
meaningful
painful
peaceful
playful
powerful
successful
useful
wonderful
workful

Synonyms and antonyms of unthankful in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «unthankful» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNTHANKFUL

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

Translator English - Chinese

忘恩负义
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ingratos
570 millions of speakers

English

unthankful
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नमकहराम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عاق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неблагодарны
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ingratos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অকৃতজ্ঞ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ingrat
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak bersyukur
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

undankbar
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

unthankful
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

감사 할 줄 모르는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unthankful
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không biết ơn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நன்றியறியாதவர்களாயும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कृतघ्न
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

nankör
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ingrato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niewdzięczni
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

невдячні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nemulțumitori
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

unthankful
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ondankbaar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

otacksam
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

utakknemlige
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unthankful

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNTHANKFUL»

The term «unthankful» is normally little used and occupies the 117.164 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNTHANKFUL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «unthankful» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «unthankful» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNTHANKFUL»

Discover the use of unthankful in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unthankful and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sermons
Now wo have seen what we are, let us say the worst we can by unthankful ones; call thorn wretches, caitiffs, churls, anything; load them with infamies, disgraces, contumelies; charge them with injustice, profaneness, atheism ; condemn them, ...
Robert Sanderson, 1841
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Wit's Common-Wealth: or, a treasury of ... admonitions, ...
It is better to be born foolish, than to understand how to be unthankful. Ingratitude loseth all things in himself, in forgetting all duties to his friend. To do good to an unthankful body,is to sow corn on the sand. Two oontraries ive light one to the ...
‎1722
3
A Journey Toward Heaven: A Daily Devotional from the Sermons ...
HOW. UNTHANKFUL. WE. HAVE. BEEN. When they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were they thankful. — ROMANS 1:21 Let us reflect and consider of how much ingratitude we have been guilty for the means of grace that  ...
Jonathan Edwards, Dustin W. Benge, 2013
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Antiquity: Or The Wise Instructor. Being a Collection of the ...
t There is no. affection among mien $» Urmly }>laced ,: but through unthankful, dealing if niay.be changed to hatred. Bite. tbrnrA L □ There cannot be a greater occasion of ha- tradrjithan to repay good turns '□with unthankful dealing. >Lul:'.
‎1773
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Wits Common-wealth:, Or, A Treasury of Divine, Moral, ...
It is better to be born foolish, than to understand how to be unthankful. Ingratitude loseth all things in himself, in forget'ting all duties to his friend. To do good to an unthankful body,is to sow corn on the sand. ' Two oontraries ive light one to the ...
Nicholas Ling, John Bodenham, 1722
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Works
Unthankful, secondly, in ascribing His blessings wholly or partly to ourselves, or any other but Him. Unthankful, thirdly, in valuing His blessings so lightly as to forget them. Unthankful, fourthly, in diminishing the worth of His blessings, and ...
Robert Sanderson, Izaak Walton, 1854
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the ...
UNTHANKFUL, adj. Ungrateful ; return, ing no acknowledgment for good received. — An unthankful abuse of the fruits. Hooter. — He is kind to the unthankful; Luke, vi. — They were unthankful unto him which prepared life for them. » Efdr. viii.
‎1816
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The Believer’s Eternal Security: Myth or Biblical Truth?
unthankful and the evil are listed together, wouldn't the unthankful be as lost as the evil? Not convinced? The Bible treats unthankfulness like any other sin. “For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers,  ...
Ismael Cortez, 2014
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The Works of Robert Sanderson, D.D., Sometime Bishop of Lincoln
19. those Israelites were ? as unjust as they, as profane as they, as unthankful every way as they ? ... servants, we repay Him ill and unworthily for the good we have received, and are guilty of unthankful- ness in this foulest and highest degree.
Robert Sanderson, 1854
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Margie Asks Why Do People Have to Die?
"You mean pride is sin?" Aunt Trudy said, "Not only that. To be unthankful is sin too. Look in your Bible. Dick, find Luke 6:35. Look at the last part of the verse. This verse says that God is kind to the unthankful and to the evil. And Margie, there is ...
Laura Rocke Winn, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNTHANKFUL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unthankful is used in the context of the following news items.
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Supreme court vote disappointing
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, ... «Chatham Star Tribune, Jul 15»
2
If there were no “holy books” how much easier it would be to believe …
Jesus either said God “is kind to the unthankful and to the evil” or he said that God will burn his, her or its enemies in hell. You can't have it both ways. **. «Patheos, Jul 15»
3
Happy Birthday Ranveer Singh: The man who's here to break …
Ranveer never plays the 'perfect man' characters that Bollywood usually worships. They are unthankful (Gunday, Band Baja Baarat), deceitful (Ladies Vs Ricky ... «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»
4
Unthankful 'Masters'
From once a respected educationist to a hand-to-mouth shopkeeper who struggles to feed his family of seven members Mohammad Ahsan Ganai, 73, has no ... «Kashmir Life, Jun 15»
5
Dying father gets to walk daughter down the aisle
UNTHANKFUL THAT MY DAD CAN BE HERE WITH ME. LAURA: HE HAS STAGE FOUR LUNG CANCER AND DOCTORS ORIGINALLY GAVE HIM EIGHT ... «KCCI Des Moines, Jun 15»
6
Signposts on the road to Armageddon
... “But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come” and children will be “disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, ... «Meridian Star, Apr 15»
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Mo'Nique: Lee Daniels 'had a problem' with my Oscars speech
And as for her unthankful Academy Award acceptance speech, Mo'Nique told “GMA,” “it had nothing to do with the producers, nor the studio. Mr. Daniels had a ... «Philly.com, Mar 15»
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Cynthia Bailey Is Appalled: Demetria Was Met With 'Preconceived …
Cynthia Bailey is now revealing that she is shocked at how ungrateful and unthankful the women appeared during dinner, as they didn't seem too respectful of ... «The Inquisitr, Jan 15»
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Thanking an Unthankful Art World: Artist Walter Robinson on A Year …
As an artist, you know you're lucky when you can make a long list of all the people who have helped to keep your career alive. The art business—the idea of ... «New York Observer, Jan 15»
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An Unthankful Nation Is an Unthinking Nation
Dr. Sweeting contended, "An unthankful nation is an unthinking nation, and its people are in mortal danger." [1]. Certainly this was the very reason our nation's ... «Christian Post, Nov 14»

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