ungrateful

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ungrateful - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ungrateful \Un*grate"ful\, a.
     1. Not grateful; not thankful for favors; making no returns,
        or making ill return for kindness, attention, etc.;
        ingrateful. --South.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Unpleasing; unacceptable; disagreeable; as, harsh sounds
        are ungrateful to the ear.
        [1913 Webster] -- Un*grate"ful*ly, adv. --
        Un*grate"ful*ness, n.
        [1913 Webster]

ungrateful - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  ungrateful
      adj 1: not feeling or showing gratitude; "ungrateful heirs";
             "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a
             thankless child!"- Shakespeare [syn: ungrateful,
             thankless, unthankful] [ant: grateful, thankful]
      2: disagreeable; "I will not perform the ungrateful task of
         comparing cases of failure"- Abraham Lincoln