Gratitude and Ingratitude

Opposite meaning words

Gratitude noun - Acknowledgment of having received something good from another.

Usage example: accept these flowers as a token of my gratitude

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Ingratitude is an antonym for gratitude in topics: thankfulness, appreciation.

Nearby Words: gratifying, grateful, gratefully

Ingratitude noun - Failure or refusal to acknowledge receipt of something good from another.

Usage example: their daughter's ingratitude for all that they have done for her is truly appalling

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Gratitude is an antonym for ingratitude in ungratefulness topic.

great gratitude

great ingratitude

In the Standin' Tall tape Gratitude, Rabbit is more of a curmudgeon than a villain, but his first song reads a bit like this trope... like he's proud of being unlikable, but mostly all he's guilty of is ingratitude.

Source: Poke the Poodle

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