It's a thankless job.
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Thankless
Synonyms for "thankless" (66 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (19)
Related words (33)
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesderived from
2 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
16 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- неблагода́рен adj (unappreciated)
Catalan
1 entries- ingrat adj (unappreciated)
Danish
1 entries- utaknemmelig adj (unappreciated)
Dutch
1 entries- ondankbaar adj (unappreciated)
Faroese
1 entries- ótakksamur adj (unappreciated)
Finnish
1 entries- epäkiitollinen adj (unappreciated)
German
1 entries- undankbar adj (unappreciated)
Hungarian
1 entries- hálátlan adj (unappreciated)
Icelandic
1 entries- vanþakklátur adj (unappreciated)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- utakknemlig adj (unappreciated)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- utakknemleg adj (unappreciated)
Polish
1 entries- niewdzięczny adj (unappreciated)
Russian
1 entries- неблагода́рный adj (unappreciated)
Spanish
2 entries- despreciado adj (unappreciated)
- ingrato adj (unappreciated)
Swedish
1 entries- otacksam adj (unappreciated)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
"But why the thankless story should ye hear? / Why stay your hand? If Grecians in your sight / are all alike, ye know enough; take here / your vengeance. Dearly will my death delight / Ulysses, well the deed will Atreus' sons requite."
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It's thankless, dull work, but the job security is pretty decent.
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This is a thankless job.
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