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Definition of Ingratitude

1. Noun. A lack of gratitude.

Definition of Ingratitude

1. n. Want of gratitude; insensibility to, forgetfulness of, or ill return for, kindness or favors received; unthankfulness; ungratefulness.

Definition of Ingratitude

1. Noun. A lack or absence of gratitude; thanklessness. ¹

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Definition of Ingratitude

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Ingratitude

1. Want of gratitude; insensibility to, forgetfulness of, or ill return for, kindness or favors received; unthankfulness; ungratefulness. "Ingratitude, thou marble-hearted fiend." (Shak) "Ingratitude is abhorred both by God and man." (L'Estrange) Origin: F. Ingratitude, L. Ingratitudo. See Ingrate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ingratitude

Literary usage of Ingratitude

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Daniel Defoe: His Life and Recently Discovered Writings: Extending from 1716 by Lee, William, Daniel Defoe (1869)
"But after this Revolt, and their Defeat, all the succeeding Wickedness, which was the Consequence of their Rebellion, is to be resolv'd into ingratitude to ..."

2. Seneca's Morals by Lucius Annaeus Seneca (1818)
"OF ingratitude. ingratitude is, of all crimes, that which we are to account the roost venial in others, and the most unpardonable in ourselves. ..."

3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1850)
"... masis of some ingratitude towards his best Alley; they were, therefore, unwilling to expose the Weakness of theire King, who was esily imposed uppon by ..."

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