ungracious

[ uhn-grey-shuhs ]

adjective

1. discourteous; ill-mannered:

   ungracious behavior.

2. unpleasant; disagreeable; unrewarding:

   an ungracious task.

3. ungraceful; unpleasing.

ungracious

/ ʌnˈɡreɪʃəs /

adjective

1. not characterized by or showing kindness and courtesy

Other Words From

• un·gracious·ly adverb
• un·gracious·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of ungracious¹

Middle English word dating back to 1175–1225; un- ¹, gracious

Example Sentences

One political commentator accused the Labour left of being "petty", "childish" and "self-indulgent" with its ungracious attacks on the Iron Lady's memory.

From BBC

For the California Republican who hopes to be speaker himself, it was an ungracious act, of course, but also something worse.

From Washington Post

“I made a rude comment, and it was wrong. It was an unnecessary comment. It was ungracious to the server.”

From Los Angeles Times

James Corden has admitted he was "ungracious" to a restaurant server in an incident which saw him temporarily banned from New York eatery Balthazar.

From BBC

Castigating himself after the fact for his “huge sense of entitlement,” Corden wrote, “I can see why and how it must have looked — ungracious, ungrateful and brattish.”

From New York Times