Thankless

What do we mean by thankless?

Not feeling or showing gratitude; ungrateful. adjective

Not likely to be appreciated. adjective

Unthankful; ungrateful; not acknowledging kindness or benefits.

Not deserving thanks, or not likely to be rewarded with thanks: as, a thankless task.

Synonyms See grateful.

Not acknowledging favors; not expressing thankfulness; unthankful; ungrateful. adjective

Not obtaining or deserving thanks; unacceptable. adjective

Not appreciated or rewarded adjective

Ungrateful or unappreciative adjective

Not feeling or showing gratitude adjective

Not likely to be rewarded adjective

(of a task) not appreciated or rewarded

(of a person) ungrateful or unappreciative

Words that are spelled similarly to thankless:
thankless, tankless, shankles, handless, tackless, trackless, harkless, clankless, thawless, trunkless.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word thankless:
task, job, roles, cricket, role, troops, character.

Words that rhyme with thankless:
tankless, clankless.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective thankless:
task, job, work, child, office, role, tasks, muse, toil, business, jobs, position, part, world, service, duty, labor, post, labour, chore, soil, heart, burden, children, errand, mission, duties, assignment, land, undertaking, country, drudgery, creature, occupation, master, roles, profession, effort, dog, wretch, lot, subject, labours, arrant, son, chores, struggle, enterprise, fellow, spirit, responsibility, earth, hearts, brood, calling, race, present, court, souls, multitude, labors, employment, charge, expedition, tooth, husband, return, gift, strangers, heirs, battle, creatures.

Words that sound like thankless:
thankless, tankless, thank yous, thankly, think this, thanks, thallus, thanx, thangka, thanklessly, thallous, thumbless, inkless, tackless, sackless, thinks, thankyou, thank you, thank-you, thekla, thunks, thecla, thankee, cankerous, manless, sanctus, sickless, come close, minkus, hang loose, pangloss, sockless, tongueless, kingless, cyclus, hookless, camelus, came close, tankas, fangless, makeless, cyclos, trunkless, suckless, thanking, the kiss, thank, anxious, thoughtless, thinkers, thanked, thickness, thankfulness, feckless, thickly, backless, think of, thymus, cyclists, thinkings, anklets, inglis, thanker, think twice, manolis, mangus, anglos, thornless, songless, thingness, anchorless, thinko, think up, thanklessness, the case, ankus, throneless, tongue kiss, the clash.