Ungrateful vs. Selfish — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Ungrateful and Selfish
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Definitions
Ungrateful
Not feeling or exhibiting gratitude, thanks, or appreciation.
Selfish
Concerned chiefly or excessively with oneself, and having little regard for others
A selfish child who wouldn't share toys.
Ungrateful
Not agreeable or pleasant; repellent
"I will not perform the ungrateful task of comparing cases of failure" (Abraham Lincoln).
Selfish
Showing or arising from an excessive concern with oneself and a lack of concern for others
A selfish whim.
Ungrateful
Not grateful; not expressing gratitude.
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Selfish
The present quote doesn't illustrate the meaning very well.Holding one's own self-interest as the standard for decision making.
Ungrateful
A person who fails to show gratitude; an ingrate.
Selfish
Having regard for oneself above others’ well-being.
Ungrateful
Not grateful; not thankful for favors; making no returns, or making ill return for kindness, attention, etc.; ingrateful.
Selfish
(video game characters) Relying on their own actions and capabilities to be effective in the game, rather than on other characters.
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Ungrateful
Unpleasing; unacceptable; disagreeable; as, harsh sounds are ungrateful to the ear.
Selfish
Caring supremely or unduly for one's self; regarding one's own comfort, advantage, etc., in disregard, or at the expense, of those of others.
They judge of things according to their own private appetites and selfish passions.
In that throng of selfish hearts untrue.
Ungrateful
Not feeling or showing gratitude;
Ungrateful heirs
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child!
Selfish
Believing or teaching that the chief motives of human action are derived from love of self.
Hobbes and the selfish school of philosophers.
Ungrateful
Disagreeable;
I will not perform the ungrateful task of comparing cases of failure
Selfish
Concerned chiefly or only with yourself;
Selfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights