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ingrate

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in·grate  (ngrt)
n.
An ungrateful person.
[From Middle English ingrat, ungrateful, from Old French, from Latin ingrtus : in-, not; see in-1 + grtus, pleasing, thankful; see gwer-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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Noun1.ingrateingrate - a person who shows no gratitude
thankless wretch, ungrateful person
unwelcome person, persona non grata - a person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome
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This bird was a godsend to us, and I should be an ingrate if I forgot to make honorable mention of him in these pages.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
I only tell you that I shall preserve for ever inscribed on my memory the service you have rendered me in order to tender you my gratitude while life shall last me; and would to Heaven love held me not so enthralled and subject to its laws and to the eyes of that fair ingrate whom I name between my teeth, but that those of this lovely damsel might be the masters of my liberty.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
The wench I should have been courting now was journalism, that grisette of literature who has a smile and a hand for all beginners, welcoming them at the threshold, teaching them so much that is worth knowing, introducing them to the other lady whom they have worshipped from afar, showing them even how to woo her, and then bidding them a bright God-speed - he were an ingrate who, having had her joyous companionship, no longer flings her a kiss as they pass.
Margaret Ogilvy by Barrie, James Matthew View in context
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