Synonyms for Thankless

Synonyms for "thankless" (69 found)

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Closest matches (14)

Adjective(2 words)

bad bitter bootless careless despised disagreeable dislikable disliked displeasing distasteful fruitless futile

Strong matches (21)

heedless lowly miserable misprized misunderstoodout of favorprofitless self-centered sour thoughtless ugly unacknowledged unalluring unappealing unappetizing unappreciated unappreciative unattractiveuncared for

Adjective(2 words)

laborious tedious

Related words (34)

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unrewarding unsavory unsung untasteful unthankful unvalued unwelcome useless vain wretched

Adjective(4 words)

ungrateful personungratifying unrewarding unthankful

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

2 entries

descriptive adjectiveevaluative adjective

More specific

4 entries

arduous tedious unappreciative ungrateful

Collocations

5 entries

thankless assignmentthankless dutythankless jobthankless rolethankless task

Inflections

2 entries

more thanklessmost thankless

Derivations

2 entries

thanklessly thanklessness

similar

2 entries

unappreciative unrewarding

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

It's a thankless job.

Source: tatoeba (2267437)

"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."

Source: tatoeba (6811369)

It's thankless, dull work, but the job security is pretty decent.

Source: tatoeba (11131665)

This is a thankless job.

Source: tatoeba (12152761)

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