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Synonyms for thankless
ˈθæŋk lɪsthank·less
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thankless
Synonyms:
ungracious, unprofitable, unthankful, profitless, unreciprocalAntonyms:
profitable, reciprocated
Princeton's WordNet
ungrateful, thankless, unthankfuladjective
not feeling or showing gratitude
"ungrateful heirs"; "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child!"- Shakespeare
Synonyms:
unthankful, unappreciated, ungratifying, ungratefulAntonyms:
rewardingthankless, unappreciated, ungratifyingadjective
not likely to be rewarded
"grading papers is a thankless task"
Synonyms:
unsung, unvalued, unappreciated, ungratifying, unthankful, ungratefulAntonyms:
rewarding
Dictionary of English Synonymes
thanklessadjective
Synonyms:
ungrateful, unthankfulthanklessadjective
Synonyms:
unpleasant (as a service not likely to be repaid by thanks), disagreeable, undesirable, unacceptable
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
thanklessadjective
Synonyms:
unthankful, ungrateful, unacceptable, unappreciated
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "thankless":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#17452 | awkward | |
#44761 | unsung | |
#55539 | unprofitable | |
#59717 | ungrateful | |
#94560 | thankless | |
#101048 | unappreciated | |
#110855 | invidious | |
#215380 | ungracious | |
#291737 | profitless | |
#310114 | unthankful |
How to use thankless in a sentence?
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is To have a thankless child
Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney:
I spent a lot of time with Nick, but the thing about the touring merch job, it's one of the more thankless jobs, you do it because you just want to travel and you're interested in meeting new people and it's really hard work. It's not the job you take if you're into partying.
There is the underlying need to feel valued and validated within society (a society which still places a higher value on what you provide to the job force), socializing with other adults can be difficult, the days long, the routine monotonous and the job overall, relatively thankless.
One of the diseases of this age is the multitude of books. It is a thriftless and a thankless occupation, this writing of books: a man were better to sing in a cobbler?s shop, for his pay is a penny a patch; but a book-writer, if he get sometimes a few commendations from the judicious, he shall be sure to reap a thousand reproaches from the malicious.
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