ingratitude

Questions about ingratitude

What does ingratitude mean?

ingratitude means "a lack of gratitude".

How many syllables are in ingratitude?

ingratitude has 4 syllables and divides as in-gra-ti-tude under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for ingratitude?

Close synonyms include ungratefulness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of ingratitude?

The recorded antonyms are gratitude.

Is ingratitude a common word?

ingratitude is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.