unthank

Meanings

Noun

• Lack or absence of thanks or thankfulness; thanklessness; unthankfulness; ill-will.
• Harm; injury; misfortune.

Verb

• To recant; unsay, as what has been said by way of acknowledgement.
• To undo or retract one's thankfulness; negate, cancel, or revoke one's thanks.

Origin

• From Middle English unthank, from Old English unþanc, from Proto-Germanic *unþankaz, equivalent to un- + thank. Cognate with West Frisian ontank, Dutch ondank, German Undank, Danish utak.
• From un- + thank.