ingratitude

noun
🔊/ɪnˈɡrætɪtjuːd/
🔊/ɪnˈɡrætɪtuːd/
[uncountable]
Word Family
  • grateful adjective (≠ ungrateful)
  • gratefully adverb
  • gratitude noun (≠ ingratitude)
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  1. the state of not feeling or showing that you are grateful for something忘恩负义
    • Her help was met with ingratitude and unkindness.她的帮助充满了不满和无礼。
    opposite gratitude
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, or from late Latin ingratitudo, from Latin ingratus ‘ungrateful’, from in- ‘not’ + gratus ‘grateful’.