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1 thankless
adjective (for which no-one is grateful: Collecting taxes is a thankless task.) nehvaležen* * *[maeŋklis]adjectivenehvaležen; nedonosen, neploden, ki se ne splača; ki ne zasluži nobene zahvale -
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[Ɵæŋk] 1. verb(to express appreciation or gratitude to (someone) for a favour, service, gift etc: He thanked me for the present; She thanked him for inviting her.) zahvaliti se- thankful- thankfully
- thankfulness
- thankless
- thanklessly
- thanklessness
- thanks 2. interjection(thank you: Thanks (very much) for your present; Thanks a lot!; No, thanks; Yes, thanks.) hvala- Thanksgiving
- thanks to
- thank you* * *I [mæŋk]noun(samo plural) zahvala, hvala, zahvaljevanjethanks! — hvala!many thanks, thanks very much! — hvala lepa!please accept my thanks — sprejmite, prosim, mojo zahvalosmall thanks to you, I succeeded — brez tvoje pomoči mi je uspelosmall thanks I got for it! — slabo zahvalo sem dobil za to!;II [mæŋk]transitive verbzahvaliti seto thank s.o. for s.th. — zahvaliti se komu za kaj(I) thank you! — hvala!no, thank you! — ne, hvala!(yes), thank you! — (da), prosim!thank you for nothing — (ironično) se najlepše zahvaljujem; hvala vam tudi za to, bom že brez vas!I will thank you to leave that to me — bil bi vam hvaležen, če bi to prepustili meniyour tea, sir, thank you — vaš čaj, gospod, prosim!
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Thankless — Thank less, a. 1. Not acknowledging favors; not expressing thankfulness; unthankful; ungrateful. [1913 Webster] That she may feel How sharper than a serpent s tooth it is To have a thankless child! Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Not obtaining or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
thankless — [adj1] unappreciated barren, disagreeable, distasteful, fruitless, futile, miserable, not worth it*, ungrateful, unpleasant, unprofitable, unrecognized, unrequited, unreturned, unrewarding, useless, vain, wretched; concepts 538,548 Ant.… … New thesaurus
thankless — index undesirable, unrequited Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
thankless — likely to not be rewarded with thanks, 1540s, from THANK (Cf. thank) + LESS (Cf. less). Related: Thanklessly … Etymology dictionary
thankless — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of a job or task) unpleasant and unlikely to gain the appreciation of others. 2) not showing or feeling gratitude … English terms dictionary
thankless — [thaŋk′lis] adj. 1. not feeling or expressing thanks; ungrateful 2. not producing nor likely to produce thanks; unappreciated thanklessly adv. thanklessness n … English World dictionary
thankless — adjective 1 a thankless job is difficult and you do not get any praise for doing it: a thankless task: Cooking for the family every day is a thankless task. 2 literary a thankless person is not grateful: a thankless child thanklessly adverb … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
thankless — thank|less [ˈθæŋkləs] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: thank (noun); THANKS2] 1.) a thankless job is difficult and you do not get any praise for doing it thankless task/job/chore etc ▪ Cooking every day is a thankless task. 2.) literary a thankless… … Dictionary of contemporary English
thankless — thank|less [ θæŋkləs ] adjective 1. ) a thankless activity is unpleasant, and other people are not grateful to you for doing it: a thankless task 2. ) MAINLY LITERARY a thankless person is not grateful: a thankless child … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
thankless — adjective Date: 15th century 1. not likely to obtain thanks ; unappreciated < a thankless task > 2. not expressing or feeling gratitude ; ungrateful < how sharper than a serpent s tooth it is to have a thankless child Shakespeare > • thanklessly… … New Collegiate Dictionary
thankless — thanklessly, adv. thanklessness, n. /thangk lis/, adj. 1. not likely to be appreciated or rewarded; unappreciated: a thankless job. 2. not feeling or expressing gratitude or appreciation; ungrateful: a thankless child. [1530 40; THANK + LESS] Syn … Universalium