unthankful
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English unthankful, from Old English unþancful, unþancfull, unġeþancfull (“unthankful, ungrateful”), equivalent to un- + thankful. Cognate with Old High German undankfol (“unthankful, ungrateful”).
Adjective
editunthankful (comparative more unthankful, superlative most unthankful)
- Not thankful; ungrateful.
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 170:
- Guido has made me fanciful. I am unthankful for the good which has really fallen to our share. Henriette is very, very kind—how glad I ought to be of such powerful protection!
Derived terms
editTranslations
editnot thankful — see also ungrateful
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