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Meanings of thanklessness in inglês

A lack or absence of gratitude.

        Synonyms
        Examples for "ingratitude"
        Examples for "ingratitude"
        1
        I owe her too much; ingratitude in me would be doubly base.
        Phantom Fortune, a Novel
        2
        No; for it is a sure way of leading them to ingratitude.
        The Ruins; Or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the ...
        3
        Sick with the sense of human ingratitude I sank upon the sand.
        Nonsense Novels
        4
        I hate treachery and ingratitude, your honour; they are so terribly ungentlemanlike.
        Pelham — Volume 08
        5
        Here again he was met with the ingratitude of the cotton States.
        Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made
        1
        The unthankfulness of some of the Wedding-guests, and thankfulness of others.
        The Ten Pleasures of Marriage / and the Second Part, The Confess...
        2
        Ignoble silence and dull unthankfulness-withthese you requite your Saviour!
        Expositions of Holy Scripture: Psalms
        3
        Note the short memory and churlish unthankfulness of unbelief.
        Expositions of Holy Scripture: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Nu...
        4
        Reproaching herself for unthankfulness even to tears!
        The Trial; Or, More Links of the Daisy Chain
        5
        I did not ask you to, Burr returned, almost defiantly; and Margaret Bean had felt indignant at his unthankfulness.
        Madelon: A Novel
        1
        There was something maternal about her affection, which withstood all ungratefulness.
        The Poems and Prose of Ernest Dowson, With a Memoir by Arthur Sy...
        2
        Your ungratefulness'll strike in and probably kill you, Marthy Thomas.
        The Black Pearl
        3
        Many leaders themselves finding they were disappointed, abandoned their minds to illiberality and ungratefulness.
        Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette
        4
        It a'most druv me out o' my mind to think o' his black ungratefulness.
        The Lone Ranche
        5
        Reflection on the ungratefulness of her children aroused her indignation, instead of subduing her feelings.
        Lessons in Life, for All Who Will Read Them
        Usage of thanklessness in inglês
        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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