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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

  • ˈԲٱ, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • gٱ· adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ingrate1

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

Origin of ingrate1

C14: from Latin Բٳܲ (adj), from in- 1+ ٳܲ grateful
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Example Sentences

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

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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.

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“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.”

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

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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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