thanklessness
Absence of appreciation
Thanklessness is the quality of being ungrateful or the state of going unappreciated.
Someone might complain about a friend's thanklessness after helping them move.
More often, thanklessness describes tasks or roles that yield no recognition: the thanklessness of the job wore her down.
A thankless task is one where effort goes unacknowledged regardless of outcome.
Lacking appreciation for help
- unappreciativeNot showing gratitude
- taken for grantedAssumed present, never thanked
- unreturnedNot given back
- unreciprocatedNot given back
spurned · entitlement · presumption · graceless · discourtesy · rudeness · disrespect · selfishness
Not noticed or considered
- undervaluedRated below true worth
- unacknowledgedNot formally recognized
- unsungNot praised or honored
- forgottenNo longer recalled
ignored · unrewarded · invisible · uncredited · uncelebrated · unlauded · unpraised · unnoticed
Lacking satisfying payoff
- fruitlessProducing no useful outcome
- pointlessLacking any purpose
- unproductiveFailing to achieve results
- uselessWithout practical value
vain · hollow · empty · bootless · unavailing · profitless · unremunerative · menial
Sharp, unpleasant taste or feeling
- ingratePerson lacking appreciation
- grudgePersistent resentment toward someone
- dissatisfactionState of being displeased
- displeasureMild anger or disapproval
disappointment · frustration · disillusionment · cynicism · sourness · grievance · disgruntlement · chagrin
ungrateful
Lacking appreciation for help
- unappreciativeNot showing gratitude
- taken for grantedAssumed present, never thanked
- unreturnedNot given back
unreciprocated · spurned · entitlement · presumption · graceless · discourtesy · rudeness · disrespect · selfishness · inconsideration
overlooked
Not noticed or considered
- undervaluedRated below true worth
- unacknowledgedNot formally recognized
- unsungNot praised or honored
forgotten · ignored · unrewarded · invisible · uncredited · uncelebrated · unlauded · unpraised · unnoticed · sidelined
unrewarding
Lacking satisfying payoff
- fruitlessProducing no useful outcome
- pointlessLacking any purpose
- unproductiveFailing to achieve results
useless · vain · hollow · empty · bootless · unavailing · profitless · unremunerative · menial · drudgery
bitterness
Sharp, unpleasant taste or feeling
- ingratePerson lacking appreciation
- grudgePersistent resentment toward someone
- dissatisfactionState of being displeased
displeasure · disappointment · frustration · disillusionment · cynicism · sourness · grievance · disgruntlement · chagrin · indignation
- bad mannersrudeness, impoliteness, discourtesy, incivility, disrespect
- being overlookedneglect, dismissal, unnoticed, oversight, disregard
thanklessnessthankfulness
Appreciative state of mind
gratitude · appreciation · gratefulness · appreciativeness · thanks
thanklessnessrecognition
Perceiving something as known
appreciation · fulfillment · acknowledgment · validation · gratification
thank, thanks, thankful, thanked, thanking, thankless, thanksgiving, thankfully, thankfulness