Thankless

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Not feeling or showing gratitude; ungrateful.
  • adj. Not likely to be appreciated: a thankless job.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. not appreciated or rewarded
  • adj. ungrateful or unappreciative
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Not acknowledging favors; not expressing thankfulness; unthankful; ungrateful.
  • adj. Not obtaining or deserving thanks; unacceptable.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Unthankful; ungrateful; not acknowledging kindness or benefits.
  • Not deserving thanks, or not likely to be rewarded with thanks: as, a thankless task.
  • Synonyms See grateful.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. not feeling or showing gratitude
  • adj. not likely to be rewarded
    • Equivalent
    unappreciative    unrewarding   
    Antonym
    thankful   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    unthankful    ungrateful    unacceptable   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    menial    uncongenial    toilsome    irksome    time-consuming   
     
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