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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries忘恩负义
Pronunciation / Transliteration: wàng ēn fù yì
"他的忘恩负义让人心寒。"
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A failure to show appropriate appreciation for something good that has been done.
"He was deeply hurt by the ingratitude of the people he had helped."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin ingratitudo, combining the negative prefix in- (not) and gratus (thankful, pleasing). Entering Middle English in the 15th century, it evolved to describe the specific moral failing of failing to show appreciation for kindness, ultimately corresponding to idioms like returning evil for good.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Ingratitude" is said worldwide
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ingratitude
Transliteration: ingratitude
"Son ingratitude m'a surpris."
Undankbarkeit
Transliteration: Undankbarkeit
"Er war schockiert über solche Undankbarkeit."
ingratitudine
Transliteration: ingratitudine
"Non posso tollerare tanta ingratitudine."
ingratitud
Transliteration: ingratitud
"La ingratitud es un feo defecto."
ingratidão
Transliteration: ingratidao
"Fiquei chateado com tanta ingratidão."
कृतघ्नता
Transliteration: kritaghnata
"उसकी कृतघ्नता देखकर मुझे दुख हुआ।"
忘恩负义
Transliteration: wàng ēn fù yì
"他的忘恩负义让人心寒。"
배은망덕
Transliteration: bae-eun-mang-deok
"그의 배은망덕한 태도에 실망했다."
忘恩
Transliteration: bōon
"彼の忘恩な態度には驚かされた。"
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