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ungrateful
What does ungrateful mean?
ungrateful (adjective): not feeling or showing gratitude.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use ungrateful in a sentence?
- Ungrateful heirs. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce ungrateful?
/ənˈɡɹeɪtfəl/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does ungrateful come from?
From un- + grateful.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are antonyms of ungrateful?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “ungrateful” mean?
performed or happening in secret
Not quite: that's what undercover means.
likely or most likely to be true
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measured or expressed in numbers
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not feeling or showing gratitude
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