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# ungrateful

«ungrateful» in Mova's school dictionary: **not thankful, not showing thanks when someone has helped…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

Ungrateful means not thankful, not showing thanks when someone has helped you or given you something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ungrateful/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and stories it describes someone who does not say thank you or who complains about a gift. Lessons on manners teach children to show thanks even when a present is not their favourite. Phrases: «ungrateful child», «seem ungrateful», «don't be ungrateful».

### examples

- It was ungrateful of him not to say thank you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ungrateful/#x1)
- I don't want to seem ungrateful, but I already have this book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ungrateful/#x2)
- The ungrateful prince threw away the gift. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ungrateful/#x3)
- Don't be ungrateful; Grandma knitted that for you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ungrateful/#x4)
- She wrote a thank-you note so she would not look ungrateful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ungrateful/#x5)
- "Ungrateful creatures!" said a voice from the Plane Tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ungrateful/#x6)

### note

Adjective; spelt «-grate-», not «-great-». Opposite: «grateful». Noun: «ungratefulness» or «ingratitude».

### In the corpora

- [The Mole's apology: «I am very sorry indeed for my foolish and ungrateful conduct ...](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/28/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ungrateful» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ungrateful/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.