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Meanings of thanklessness in English

A lack or absence of gratitude.

Usage of thanklessness in English
1
It is a silence not of thanklessness, but of respect and devotion.
Adventures Among Books
2
Ambrose was accustomed to the thanklessness of the humbler natives.
The Fur Bringers: A Story of the Canadian Northwest
3
Not gratitude; for their usual sincere thanklessness makes half the pleasure of doing them good.
The Children
4
Lotta muttered something about the thoughtless thanklessness of young people, and then took herself down-stairs.
Nina Balatka
5
Who more grieved at his thanklessness than Thou art?
Heart: A Social Novel
6
Shame fills my heart as I tell this story, for thanklessness was the bane of my father's life.
Hero Tales
7
It will be a great mercy if some god does not punish you for your thanklessness... By Thor!
The Thrall of Leif the Lucky: A Story of Viking Days
8
The girls, who by this time were used to his thanklessness, went on their way and did their business in the town.
Household Tales by Brothers Grimm
9
Why have you given me all the sorrows, and the drudgery, and the bitterness and the thanklessness of motherhood, with none of its joys!
Cheerful—By Request
10
Thanklessness is a parching wind, drying up the fountain of pity, the dew of mercy, the streams of grace.
Leaves of Life, for Daily Inspiration
11
"I am sorry that I should have made no exception to such thanklessness."
Phineas Redux
12
"You must forgive me my seeming thanklessness, Mademoiselle," he pursued.
The Trampling of the Lilies
13
"But the thanklessness of playing this lone hand!"
The Secret Places of the Heart
14
It is a silence not of thanklessness, but of respect and devotion.
Adventures Among Books
15
Ambrose was accustomed to the thanklessness of the humbler natives.
The Fur Bringers: A Story of the Canadian Northwest
16
Not gratitude; for their usual sincere thanklessness makes half the pleasure of doing them good.
The Children
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