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Not acknowledging favors; not expressing thankfulness; unthankful; ungrateful.
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Synonym 1
Not grateful; not thankful for favors; making no returns, or making ill return for kindness, attention, etc.; ingrateful.
oewn 2023
68% interchangeable
Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.
Antonym 2
Having a due sense of benefits received; kindly disposed toward one from whom a favor has been received; willing to acknowledge and repay, or give th…
oewn 2023
0% interchangeable
Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.
Having a due sense of benefits received; kindly disposed toward one from whom a favor has been received; willing to acknowledge and repay, or give th…
oewn 2023
0% interchangeable
Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.
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