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ingrate

[ in-greyt ]

noun

  1. an ungrateful person.


adjective

  1. Archaic. ungrateful.

ingrate

/ ˈɪnɡreɪt; ɪnˈɡreɪt /

noun

  1. an ungrateful person
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. ungrateful
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈingrately, adverb
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Other Words From

  • ingrate·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ingrate1

1350–1400; Middle English ingrat < Latin ingrātus ungrateful. See in- 3, grateful
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ingrate1

C14: from Latin ingrātus (adj), from in- 1+ grātus grateful
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Example Sentences

I am sure he thought I was an ingrate but said they never locked their door — it was the Colony.

We’ve raised a generation of ignorant ingrates that haven’t the vaguest notion of the price paid to secure the freedoms they now enjoy.

“To this day, the administration still complains that the Ukrainians are ingrates — and that’s because they refuse to look critically at their own policy.”

Even if doing so served only to save an ingrate from herself.

To Villanueva, all the litigation, as well as the senior officials who have gone on medical leave, are just more examples of him being wronged by ingrates.

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