Usually means: Unappreciated despite effort or kindness.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word thankless:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. thankless: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. thankless: Merriam-Webster
  3. thankless: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. thankless: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. thankless: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Thankless, thankless: Wordnik
  7. thankless: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. thankless: Wiktionary
  9. thankless: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. thankless: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. thankless: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. thankless: Dictionary.com
  13. thankless: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Thankless: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. thankless: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. thankless: Rhymezone
  17. Thankless: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. thankless: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. thankless: FreeDictionary.org
  20. thankless: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. thankless: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. thankless: Vocabulary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. thankless: Legal dictionary

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▸ adjective:  (of a task) not appreciated or rewarded
▸ adjective:  (of a person) ungrateful or unappreciative

Similar:
unappreciated, unappreciative, unthankful, ungratifying, ungrateful, unrewarding, meedless, rewardless, hireless, guerdonless, more...

Opposite:
grateful, appreciative, thankful

Types:
ungrateful, appreciative, thankful, grateful, more...

Phrases:
thankless wretch, thankless folk, thankless hero, thankless person, more...



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Similar:
unappreciated, unappreciative, unthankful, ungratifying, ungrateful, unrewarding, meedless, rewardless, hireless, guerdonless, more...

Opposite:
grateful, appreciative, thankful

Types:
ungrateful, appreciative, thankful, grateful, more...

Phrases:
thankless wretch, thankless folk, thankless hero, thankless person, more...



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