Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Ungrateful: Describes a person who does not show or feel gratitude for kindness or benefits received from others. It implies a lack of thankfulness.
   • Unappreciative: Failing to recognize the value of a favor or help given.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Đứa trẻ đó thật vô ơn. (That child is truly ungrateful.)
  • Cô ấy cảm thấy bị tổn thương vì lời chỉ trích vô ơn. (She felt hurt by the unappreciative criticism.)
  • Hành động của hắn thật vô ơn bạc nghĩa. (His action was truly ungrateful and treacherous.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often intensified in fixed phrases to convey stronger moral condemnation.
• "vô ơn bội nghĩa": Ungrateful and treacherous; denoting a severe betrayal of trust and kindness.
  • Kẻ vô ơn bội nghĩa đó đã phản bội người đã cứu mạng hắn. (That ungrateful traitor betrayed the person who saved his life.)

Variants and Related Words

• Vô ơn bạc nghĩa (adj): A common variant similar to "vô ơn bội nghĩa," meaning ungrateful and lacking in righteousness.
• Sự vô ơn (n): Ingratitude (the noun form denoting the quality or act).
  • Sự vô ơn của nó khiến mọi người thất vọng. (His ingratitude disappointed everyone.)

Synonyms

• Ungrateful: Not feeling or showing gratitude.
• Unthankful: Not expressing thanks.
• Unappreciative: Not recognizing the worth of something given.

Related Idioms

• Ăn cháo đá bát: Literally "to eat the porridge and kick the bowl." This idiom vividly describes ungrateful behavior, akin to biting the hand that feeds you.
  • Hắn ta đúng là loại người ăn cháo đá bát. (He is exactly the type who bites the hand that feeds him.)