adj
Meaning 1
Ungrateful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, poetic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
ingrate
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈɪnɡɹeɪt/
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adj
Meaning 2
Unfriendly; unpleasant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An ungrateful or unpleasant person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a person who shows no gratitude
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: thankless wretch, ungrateful person
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unwelcome person, persona non grata
History
Etymology
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.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: неблагодарник (neblagodarnik) — an ungrateful person
- Chinese Mandarin: 白眼狼 (báiyǎnláng) — an ungrateful person
- Czech: nevděčník — an ungrateful person
- Finnish: kiittämätön — an ungrateful person
- Polish: niewdzięcznik — an ungrateful person
- Polish: niewdzięcznica — an ungrateful person
- Russian: неблагодарный (neblagodarnyj) — an ungrateful person
- Spanish: ingrato — an ungrateful person
- Spanish: ingrata — an ungrateful person