thankless[adjective]Synonyms: unrewarding, fruitless, unappreciated, unprofitable, unrequited
Antonyms: thankful
Contrasted words: appreciative, grateful, mindful, careful, heedful, thoughtful, thankworthy
Related Words: self-centered,
careless,
heedless,
thoughtless,
unappreciative,
ungrateful,
unmindful,
disagreeable,
distasteful,
unpleasant,
miserable,
wretched [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
thank‧less /ˈθæŋkləs/
adjective [
Word Family: noun:
thanks,
thankfulness;
adjective:
thankful,
thankless;
verb:
thank;
adverb:
thankfully]
[
Date: 1500-1600;
Origin: thank (noun); ⇒ thanks2]
1. a thankless job is difficult and you do not get any praise for doing it
thankless task/job/chore etc
Cooking every day is a thankless task.2. literary a thankless person is not grateful
[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲