Ingrate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɪnɡɹeɪt/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Ingrate is an adjective meaning An ungrateful or unpleasant person.
Meaning
An ungrateful or unpleasant person.
More Meanings
- (obsolete, poetic) Ungrateful.
- (obsolete) Unfriendly; unpleasant.
Example Sentences
Yet in his mind malitious and ingrate
"Speak the truth, you ingrate!" cried Miss Havisham, passionately striking her stick upon the floor; “you are tired of me.”
But I will lift the down-trod Mortimer / As high in the air as this unthankful king, / As this ingrate and canker'd Bolingbroke.
Who, for ſo many benefits receiv'd, / Turn'd recreant to God, ingrate and falſe, / And ſo of all true good himſelf deſpoil'd, […]
Word Forms
- ingrates
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ungrateful, gratefull, immeritous, indign, irrespective, grievable.
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