Synonyms for thankless
ˈθæŋk lɪsthank·less

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1. thanklessadjective

   Antonyms:
   thankful

2. thanklessadjective

   Antonyms:
   thankful

3. thanklessadjective

   Antonyms:
   thankful

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1. thankless

   Synonyms:
   ungracious, unprofitable, unthankful, profitless, unreciprocal

   Antonyms:
   profitable, reciprocated

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1. 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, ungrateful

   Antonyms:
   rewarding

2. thankless, unappreciated, ungratifyingadjective

   not likely to be rewarded

   "grading papers is a thankless task"

   Synonyms:
   unsung, unvalued, unappreciated, ungratifying, unthankful, ungrateful

   Antonyms:
   rewarding

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1. thanklessadjective

   Synonyms:
   ungrateful, unthankful

2. thanklessadjective

   Synonyms:
   unpleasant (as a service not likely to be repaid by thanks), disagreeable, undesirable, unacceptable

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1. thanklessadjective

   Synonyms:
   unthankful, ungrateful, unacceptable, unappreciated

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1. List of paraphrases for "thankless":

   ungrateful, invidious, awkward

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1. William Shakespeare:

   How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is To have a thankless child

2. Jennifer Bosse:

   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.

3. 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.

4. Barnaby Rich:

   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.