Ungrateful is an English word with synonyms like thankless or unappreciative. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Ungrateful in a sentence
Ungrateful meaning
- Not grateful; not expressing gratitude.
- Disagreeable, repellent, unpleasant.
Synonyms of Ungrateful
Using Ungrateful
- The main meaning on this page is: Not grateful; not expressing gratitude. | Disagreeable, repellent, unpleasant.
- Useful related words include: thankless, unthankful, unappreciative, grateful.
- In the example corpus, ungrateful often appears in combinations such as: ungrateful and, an ungrateful, and ungrateful.
Context around Ungrateful
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 7 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ungrateful
- In this selection, "ungrateful" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, instead, ungracious, look, live, people and europeans stand out and add context to how "ungrateful" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a very ungrateful person who and are an ungrateful b h. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ungrateful" sits close to words such as aerobics, ahn and ailes, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ungrateful
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
We are not an ungrateful people. (6 words)
Not getting the vibe that he is ungrateful or anything. (10 words)
Those gifts gave the ungrateful Europeans and Americans power and civilization. (11 words)
I told her no, she shouldn't have been in my room to begin with, and then she said, 'Well, my therapist told me to tell you how I feel and I feel that you are an ungrateful b---h. (40 words)
A later scene where Janet crouches on the floor removing her father's shoes, all while being called spoiled and ungrateful, is a disconcerting glimpse of how he views his daughter's place in the world. (36 words)
Under these circumstances, there should have been a good outcome, with everyone fairly sharing the fruits of the harvest — but, instead, “ungrateful and greedy thoughts insinuated themselves into the minds of the tenants,” he said. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Melaye accused Wike of being ungrateful to those who helped him in his political career, while he boasts about the people he has assisted.
They also shit all over the ungrateful live fans for booing them.
Under these circumstances, there should have been a good outcome, with everyone fairly sharing the fruits of the harvest — but, instead, “ungrateful and greedy thoughts insinuated themselves into the minds of the tenants,” he said.
We are not an ungrateful people.
Corden made a series of mea culpas, admitting that he hadn’t taken well to the first flushes of fame (“I was ungracious, ungrateful and brattish,” he said).
Drug use and suicides became widespread among Vietnam veterans as they struggled to make sense of the horrors they witnessed and make sense of why so many of their countrymen were so ungrateful.
He added that he didn't want to come to the public and share this, but seeing how he has been tagged as ungrateful, he feels he needs to clear the air.
I told her no, she shouldn't have been in my room to begin with, and then she said, 'Well, my therapist told me to tell you how I feel and I feel that you are an ungrateful b---h.
Not getting the vibe that he is ungrateful or anything.
Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
Those gifts gave the ungrateful Europeans and Americans power and civilization.
While Swift’s fans — as they call themselves — continue to support all of her actions, it appears as if some are ungrateful for the amount of content Swift provides them with.
Be a symbol of union power, highlighting income inequality, and fighting for social justice, and suddenly they’re ungrateful millionaires.
Clare Crawley is being called ungrateful after rumors she wants to quit the show.
However, will unfortunately fight the player at every turn as if the game itself is a demanding and ungrateful gangster boss.
If Sharon dumped Rey after everything he’s done for her, she’d look ungrateful and cruel.
Philip has enjoyed your hospitality for nearly a year, and what he’s doing is not only rude but also ungrateful.
Sosala is a very ungrateful person who easily forgets those that walked with him in the cold stormy nights and stood by him when his palace was under siege.
There are numerous theories on how genetics could intermingle with environmental reasons for a person being ungrateful or unappreciative.
A later scene where Janet crouches on the floor removing her father's shoes, all while being called spoiled and ungrateful, is a disconcerting glimpse of how he views his daughter's place in the world.
Common combinations with ungrateful
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- ungrateful and 7×
- an ungrateful 5×
- and ungrateful 5×
- being ungrateful 4×
- ungrateful to 4×
- the ungrateful 3×
- of ungrateful 3×
- ungrateful people 2×
- is ungrateful 2×
- ungrateful or 2×