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ingrate.

Ungrateful.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈɪnɡɹeɪt/
  1. Ungrateful.

    obsolete · poetic
  2. Unfriendly; unpleasant.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

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.

noun/ˈɪnɡɹeɪt/
  1. An ungrateful or unpleasant person.

Where this word comes from

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.

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