different between ungrateful vs ingratitude

English

Etymology

From un- +? grateful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n???e?tf?l/

Adjective

ungrateful (comparative more ungrateful, superlative most ungrateful)

1. Not grateful; not expressing gratitude.

Antonyms

• grateful

Translations

Noun

ungrateful (plural ungratefuls)

1. A person who fails to show gratitude; an ingrate.

English

Etymology

From Old French ingratitude, from Late Latin ingr?tit?d?. Synchronically analyzable as in- +? gratitude.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n???æt?tud/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n???æt?tju?d/, /?n???æt?t?u?d/
• Hyphenation: in?grat?i?tude

Noun

ingratitude (usually uncountable, plural ingratitudes)

1. A lack or absence of gratitude; thanklessness.
   • 1966, Age & Scarpelli, Sergio Leone, and Luciano Vincenzoni (writers), Sergio Leone (director), Clint Eastwood (actor), The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (movie), Produzioni Europee Associati:

     Blondie: Tut, tut. Such ingratitude after all the times I saved your life.

   Antonym: gratitude

Related terms

• ungrateful

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French, from Late Latin ingr?tit?d?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.??a.ti.tyd/
• Homophone: ingratitudes
• Hyphenation: in?gra?ti?tude

Noun

ingratitude f (plural ingratitudes)

1. ingratitude, ungratefulness

   Antonym: gratitude

Further reading

• “ingratitude” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).