🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

배은망덕

Pronunciation / Transliteration: bae-eun-mang-deok

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Ingratitude/ɪnˈɡræt.ɪ.tjuːd/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그의 배은망덕한 태도에 실망했다."

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As noun
  1. 1

    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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