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ingratitude

[in-grat-i-tood, -tyood] / ɪnˈgræt ɪˌtud, -ˌtyud /


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De Gaulle maddened his British hosts, and particularly Churchill, with his ceaseless complaints and ingratitude.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

"If Gina is criticising it's only a reflection of her ingratitude," he says.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2024

She alienates Bonnie and the whole team with bloated speeches, anti-mediocrity platitudes, bursts of temper and displays of ingratitude.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2023

Their blinking patterns and expressions will be monitored to detect stress, fear, ingratitude, deception, boredom, ambivalence, and a host of other feelings, including whether her happiness mirrors her doll’s.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2022

Father Nicanor Reyna—whom Don Apolinar Moscote had brought from the swamp to officiate at the wedding— was an old man hardened by the ingratitude of his ministry.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez



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