different between ingrate vs thankful

English

Etymology

From Latin ingr?tus (“disagreeable”), in- (“not”) +? gr?tus (“pleasing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n??e?t/

Adjective

ingrate (comparative more ingrate, superlative most ingrate)

1. (obsolete, poetic) ungrateful

   • The causes of that which is pleasing , or ingrate to the hearing , may receive light by that which is pleasing or ingrate to the sight
2. (obsolete) unpleasant, unfriendly [18th c.]

Quotations

• 1590, Yet in his mind malitious and ingrate — Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene
• 1596, But I will lift the down-trod Mortimer / As high in the air as this unthankful king, / As this ingrate and canker'd Bolingbroke. — William Shakespeare, King Henry IV, Part 1

Translations

Noun

ingrate (plural ingrates)

1. an ungrateful person
   • 1843, But Mr Pecksniff, dismissing all ephemeral considerations of social pleasure and enjoyment, concentrated his meditations on the one great virtuous purpose before him, of casting out that ingrate and deceiver, whose presence yet troubled his domestic hearth, and was a sacrilege upon the altars of his household gods. — Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit
   • 1860–61: "Speak the truth, you ingrate!" cried Miss Havisham — Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
   • 1893, Out of my sight, ingrate! — W.S.Gilbert, Utopia Limited

Translations

Anagrams

• Geraint, Granite, Tangier, angrite, granite, tangier, tearing

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.??at/
• Homophone: ingrates

Adjective

ingrate

1. feminine singular of ingrat

Italian

Adjective

ingrate f pl

1. feminine plural of ingrato

Noun

ingrate f pl

1. plural of ingrata

Anagrams

• argenti, girante, granite, integra, negarti, negrità, regnati, rigante, ritenga, Tangeri, tingerà

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /in??ra?.te/, [????rä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in??ra.te/, [i???r??t??]

Adjective

ingr?te

1. vocative masculine singular of ingr?tus

References

• ingrate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ingrate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ingrate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Alternative forms

• thankefull (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English thankful, from Old English þancful, þancfull (“thoughtful, pleasing, agreeable, pleasant, thankful, grateful”), equivalent to thank +? -ful. Compare Old High German undankfol (“unthankful, ungrateful”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æ?kf?l/
• Hyphenation: thank?ful

Adjective

thankful (comparative more thankful, superlative most thankful)

1. Showing appreciation or gratitude.

   I'm thankful that you helped me out today. How can I ever repay you?

2. (obsolete) Obtaining or deserving thanks; thankworthy.

Synonyms

• grateful
• appreciative

Antonyms

• thankless
• unthankful

Derived terms

• thankfully
• thankfulness

Translations