ingrate

[ in-greyt ]

noun

1. an ungrateful person.

adjective

1. Archaic. ungrateful.

ingrate

/ ˈɪnɡreɪt; ɪnˈɡreɪt /

noun

1. an ungrateful person

adjective

1. ungrateful

Derived Forms

• ˈingrately, adverb

Other Words From

• ingrate·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of ingrate¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of ingrate¹

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

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From Washington Times

“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.”

From New York Times

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

From Washington Post

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.

From Los Angeles Times