un‧grate‧ful/ʌnˈɡreɪtfəl/ adjective [Word Family: noun: gratitude ≠ ingratitude, ingrate; adverb: gratefully; adjective: grateful ≠ ungrateful] not expressing thanks for something that someone has given to you or done for you: ▪ Don’t be so ungrateful!
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ I am not prepared to go to jail for that ungrateful woman! ▪ I don't mean to sound ungrateful, but I really don't need any help. ▪ Our children are so ungrateful - they don't realize how much we do for them. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ All he was attempting to do was to prevent the river from flooding these ungrateful people's houses. ▪ Hanson could make an upstart drummer feel ungrateful if he tried to walk away from a kindness. ▪ He wondered if they had come to take him away to a Home for ungrateful and unwanted children. ▪ Mildred Pierce slaves on behalf of her child, and the ungrateful kid ends up seducing her husband! ▪ The ungrateful chief demanded his four horses back and returned the injured pony to Small Star. ▪ Unbelief, on the other hand, has a short and ungrateful memory. ▪ When he returns safely to his homeland you will not find me ungrateful. ▪ When she grows up, she should have such ungrateful children!