unthankEtymologyFrom Middle English unthank, from Old English unþanc (“displeasure, anger, ill-will”), from Proto-Germanic *unþankaz, equivalent to un- + thank. Cognate with West Frisian ontank, Dutch ondank, German Undank, Danish utak.nameA surname.A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Dalston parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, previously in Carlisle district (OS grid ref NY3948).A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Glassonby parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY6040).A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Skelton parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY4536).A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Holmesfield parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3076).A number of places in England:; A hamlet just south of Stanhope, Stanhope parish, County Durham (OS grid ref NY9939).nounLack or absence of thanks or thankfulness; thanklessness; unthankfulness; ill-will.“It is always by this unthank that things are given to the observer that we pretend to have access to the truth of the word.”verbTo 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.