persona non grata (redirected from personae non gratae)

persona non gra·ta  (nn grät, grt)

adj.

Fully unacceptable or unwelcome, especially to a foreign government: The diplomat was persona non grata.

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[Late Latin persna nn grta : Latin persna, person + Latin nn, not + Latin grta, feminine of grtus, acceptable.]

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persona non grata [non grah-ta, grah-tee]

Noun

pl personae non gratae an unacceptable person [Latin]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	persona non grata - a diplomat who is unacceptable to the government to which he is sent diplomat, diplomatist - an official engaged in international negotiations
	2.	persona non grata - a person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome unwelcome person individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable ingrate, thankless wretch, ungrateful person - a person who shows no gratitude interloper, intruder, trespasser - someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission meddler - an officious annoying person who interferes with others disreputable person - someone lacking public esteem gloomy Gus, picklepuss, pouter, sourpuss - someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression killjoy, party pooper, spoilsport, wet blanket - someone who spoils the pleasure of others annoyer, tease, vexer, teaser - someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity) bad hat, mischief-maker, trouble maker, troublemaker, troubler - someone who deliberately stirs up trouble undesirable - one whose presence is undesirable; "rounding up vagrants and drunks and other undesirables" scoundrel, villain - a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately