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ingrate

adj
/ˈɪnɡɹeɪt/

Etymology

First attested in 1393, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English ingrat, from Latin ingrātus (“disagreeable”), from in- (“not”) + grātus (“pleasing”). Cognate with French ingrat.

  1. derived from ingrātus — “disagreeable”
  2. inherited from ingrat

Definitions

  1. Ungrateful.

    • Many of theſe might ſeem ingrate and unkind children, that vvill no better acknovvledge and recogniſe their parents in vvords and outvvard pretence, but abrenounce and caſt them off, as though they hated them as dogs and ſerpents.
    • Yet in his mind malitious and ingrate
    • But I will lift the down-trod Mortimer / As high in the air as this unthankful king, / As this ingrate and canker'd Bolingbroke.

  2. Unfriendly

    Unfriendly; unpleasant.

  3. An ungrateful or unpleasant person.

    • "Speak the truth, you ingrate!" cried Miss Havisham, passionately striking her stick upon the floor; “you are tired of me.”
    • Out of my sight, ingrate!

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA