ingrateful

Definition

ungrateful; not grateful

Etymology

From ingrate (“unfriendly”) + -ful, from Latin ingrātus (“disagreeable”), from in- (“not”) + grātus (“pleasing”).

Example Sentences

• "Ingrateful Eve"
• "[…] under change of times, / And condemnation of the ingrateful multitude."
• "Therefore what he gives / (Whose praise be ever sung) to man in part / Spiritual, may of purest Spirits be found / No ingrateful food"

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