ingratitude
noun [uncountable]Word Family
- grateful adjective (≠ ungrateful)
- gratefully adverb
- gratitude noun (≠ ingratitude)
the state of not feeling or showing that you are grateful for something 忘恩负义 Her help was met with ingratitude and unkindness. 她的帮助遭到了忘恩负义和不友好的对待。
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, or from late Latin ingratitudo, from Latin ingratus ‘ungrateful’, from in- ‘not’ + gratus ‘grateful’.