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Definition
not grateful — typically inappropriately so
- On such occasions he would assume the air of a very injured individual, and reproach me for my ingratitude.6 — The Jealous Mistress (79% in)
- But I am not ready to send you there yet, notwithstanding your ingratitude for all my kindness and forbearance.7 — The Lover (51% in)
- I have wanted to make you happy, and I have been repaid with the basest ingratitude; but though you have proved yourself incapable of appreciating my kindness, I will be lenient towards you, Linda.7 — The Lover (52% in)
- "I came here," said he, "to make you a friendly proposition; but your ingratitude chafes me beyond endurance.11 — The New Tie To Life (32% in)
- Then he launched out upon his usual themes,—my crimes against him, and my ingratitude for his forbearance.11 — The New Tie To Life (78% in)
- Then he would come and renew the old threadbare discourse about his forbearance and my ingratitude.14 — Another Link To Life (6% in)
- I did not return the family of Flints any thanks for their cordial invitation—a remissness for which I was, no doubt, charged with base ingratitude.34 — The Old Enemy Again (55% in)
There are no more uses of "ingratitude" in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.
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