| slovo | definícia |
thankless
(encz) | thankless,nevděčný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Thankless
(gcide) | Thankless \Thank"less\, a.
1. Not acknowledging favors; not expressing thankfulness;
unthankful; ungrateful.
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That she may feel
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is
To have a thankless child! --Shak.
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2. Not obtaining or deserving thanks; unacceptable; as, a
thankless task.
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To shepherd thankless, but by thieves that love the
night allowed. --Chapman.
[1913 Webster] -- Thank"less*ly, adv. --
Thank"less*ness, n.
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thankless
(wn) | thankless
adj 1: not feeling or showing gratitude; "ungrateful heirs";
"How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a
thankless child!"- Shakespeare [syn: ungrateful,
thankless, unthankful] [ant: grateful, thankful]
2: not likely to be rewarded; "grading papers is a thankless
task" [syn: thankless, unappreciated, ungratifying] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
thankless
(encz) | thankless,nevděčný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
thankless wretch
(encz) | thankless wretch, n: |
thanklessly
(encz) | thanklessly,nevděčně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
thanklessness
(encz) | thanklessness, |
Thanklessly
(gcide) | Thankless \Thank"less\, a.
1. Not acknowledging favors; not expressing thankfulness;
unthankful; ungrateful.
[1913 Webster]
That she may feel
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is
To have a thankless child! --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. Not obtaining or deserving thanks; unacceptable; as, a
thankless task.
[1913 Webster]
To shepherd thankless, but by thieves that love the
night allowed. --Chapman.
[1913 Webster] -- Thank"less*ly, adv. --
Thank"less*ness, n.
[1913 Webster] |
Thanklessness
(gcide) | Thankless \Thank"less\, a.
1. Not acknowledging favors; not expressing thankfulness;
unthankful; ungrateful.
[1913 Webster]
That she may feel
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is
To have a thankless child! --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. Not obtaining or deserving thanks; unacceptable; as, a
thankless task.
[1913 Webster]
To shepherd thankless, but by thieves that love the
night allowed. --Chapman.
[1913 Webster] -- Thank"less*ly, adv. --
Thank"less*ness, n.
[1913 Webster] |
thankless
(wn) | thankless
adj 1: not feeling or showing gratitude; "ungrateful heirs";
"How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a
thankless child!"- Shakespeare [syn: ungrateful,
thankless, unthankful] [ant: grateful, thankful]
2: not likely to be rewarded; "grading papers is a thankless
task" [syn: thankless, unappreciated, ungratifying] |
thankless wretch
(wn) | thankless wretch
n 1: a person who shows no gratitude [syn: ingrate, {thankless
wretch}, ungrateful person] |
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