THANKLESS

Meaning of THANKLESS in English

/ ˈθæŋkləs; NAmE / adjective

unpleasant or difficult to do and unlikely to bring you any rewards or thanks from anyone :

Sometimes being a mother and a housewife felt like a thankless task .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

THANKLESS — íngrat
English interlingue dictionary
THANKLESS — adjective Date: 15th century not likely to obtain thanks ; unappreciated , not expressing or feeling gratitude ; ungrateful , …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
THANKLESS — -klə̇s adjective 1. : not expressing or feeling gratitude : ungrateful how sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THANKLESS — (a.) Not obtaining or deserving thanks; unacceptable; as, a thankless task.
Английский словарь Webster
THANKLESS — (a.) Not acknowledging favors; not expressing thankfulness; unthankful; ungrateful.
Английский словарь Webster
THANKLESS — ( a. ) Not obtaining or deserving thanks; unacceptable; as, a thankless task.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THANKLESS — ( a. ) Not acknowledging favors; not expressing thankfulness; unthankful; ungrateful.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THANKLESS — — thanklessly , adv. — thanklessness , n. /thangk"lis/ , adj. 1. not likely to be appreciated or rewarded; unappreciated: …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
THANKLESS — adjective Date: 15th century 1. : not likely to obtain thanks : unappreciated a thankless task 2. : not expressing …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THANKLESS — adj not obtaining or deserving thanks; unacceptable; as, a thankless task. 2. thankless ·adj not acknowledging favors; not expressing thankfulness; …
Webster English vocab
THANKLESS — thankless BrE AmE ˈθæŋk ləs -lɪs ▷ thankless|ly li ▷ thankless|ness nəs nɪs
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
THANKLESS — thank ‧ less /ˈθæŋkləs/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ thanks , ↑ thankfulness ; adjective : …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THANKLESS — If you describe a job or task as thankless , you mean that it is hard work and brings very …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THANKLESS — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a thankless task (= a difficult but necessary job ) ▪ Driving a bus in …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
THANKLESS — [adjective]Keeping the children's rooms tidy is a thankless task/job (= one that is unlikely to be successful or appreciated).
Cambridge English vocab
THANKLESS — adj. Function: adjective 1 not inclined to give thanks FF1C; a thankless guest FF1E; Synonyms: unappreciative, ungrateful, unthankful Related Words: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
THANKLESS — adjective 1. not inclined to give thanks a thankless guest Synonyms: unappreciative, ungrateful, unthankful Related Word: self-centered; careless, heedless, thoughtless; …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
THANKLESS — adj. Thankless is used with these nouns: ↑ job , ↑ role , ↑ task
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
THANKLESS — adj. 25B6; adjective a thankless task : UNENVIABLE, difficult, unpleasant, unrewarding; unappreciated, unrecognized, unacknowledged. her thankless children : UNGRATEFUL, unappreciative, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
THANKLESS — adj. unappreciated, unacknowledged, useless, unrewarding, fruitless, unprofitable, profitless, unrequited, vain, futile, bootless She always regarded housekeeping as a thankless task
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
THANKLESS — прил. неблагодарный Syn : ungrateful неблагодарный - * pupil неблагодарный ученик thankless неблагодарный; thankless job неблагодарная работа thankless неблагодарный; thankless …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
THANKLESS — a неблагодарный thankless pupil job - неблагодарный ученик -ая работа
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
THANKLESS — thankless прил.неблагодарный How can you be so thankless to your best friend? — Как вы можете быть таким неблагодарным по …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
THANKLESS — a неблагодарный thankless pupil job - неблагодарный ученик -ая работа
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
THANKLESS — прил. неблагодарный How can you be so thankless to your best friend? — Как вы можете быть таким неблагодарным по …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
THANKLESS — прил. неблагодарный How can you be so thankless to your best friend? — Как вы можете быть таким неблагодарным по отношению к …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
THANKLESS — _a. неблагодарный; thankless job - неблагодарная работа
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
THANKLESS — a. неблагодарный; thankless job - неблагодарная работа
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
THANKLESS — _a. неблагодарный; thankless job неблагодарная работа
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
THANKLESS — прил. неблагодарный Syn : ungrateful неблагодарный - * pupil неблагодарный ученик thankless неблагодарный; thankless job неблагодарная работа thankless неблагодарный; thankless …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
THANKLESS — adj. ungrateful, unappreciative; unappreciated, unrewarding
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
THANKLESS — adj. Pronunciation: ' tha ŋ k-l ə s Function: adjective Date: 15th century 1 : not likely to obtain thanks …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
THANKLESS — ■ adjective 1》 (of a job or task) unpleasant and unlikely to gain the appreciation of others. 2》 not showing …
Concise Oxford English vocab
THANKLESS — [thank.less] adj (1536) 1: not expressing or feeling gratitude: ungrateful "how sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
THANKLESS — adj. 1 not expressing or feeling gratitude. 2 (of a task etc.) giving no pleasure or profit. 3 not deserving …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
THANKLESS — adj. 1 not expressing or feeling gratitude. 2 (of a task etc.) giving no pleasure or profit. 3 not deserving …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
THANKLESS — adj.1 not expressing or feeling gratitude. 2 (of a task etc.) giving no pleasure or profit. 3 not deserving thanks. …
Oxford English vocab
THANKLESS — If you describe a job or task as ~, you mean that it is hard work and brings very few …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
THANKLESS — Synonyms and related words : bitter, bootless, careless, despised, disagreeable, dislikable, disliked, displeasing, distasteful, fruitless, futile, heedless, lowly, miserable, misprized, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
THANKLESS — a. 1. Ungrateful, unthankful. 2. Unpleasant ( as a service not likely to be repaid by thanks ), disagreeable, undesirable, …
Dictionary of English Synonyms
THANKLESS — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
THANKLESS — Неблагодарный
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
THANKLESS — (a) неблагодарный
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
THANKLESS — a неблагодарный ~ pupil [job] - неблагодарный ученик [-ая работа]
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
THANKLESS — adj. неблагодарный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
THANKLESS — adj. неблагодарный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
THANKLESS — Неблагодарный
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
THANKLESS — [а] 1) неблагодарный 2) безвозмездный
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
THANKLESS — а 1) неблагодарный; 2) безвозмездный
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
THANKLESS — неблагодарный
English-Russian Online Dictionary
THANKLESS — неблагодарный
English-Russian vocab
THANKLESS — неблагодарный
Англо-Русский словарь

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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