Dictionary entry

Thankless

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Thank″less, a. 1. Not acknowledging favors; not expressing thankfulness; unthankful; ungrateful.

That she may feel

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is

To have a thankless child! Shak.

2. Not obtaining or deserving thanks; unacceptable; as, a thankless task.

To shepherd thankless, but by thieves that love the night allowed. Chapman.

— Thank″less‐ly (#), adv. — Thank″less‐ness, n.