ingrate

[in-greyt]

noun

1. an ungrateful person.

adjective

1. Archaic.,  ungrateful.

ingrate

/ ˈɪnɡreɪt, ɪnˈɡreɪt /

noun

1. an ungrateful person

adjective

1. ungrateful

Other Word Forms

• ingrately adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of ingrate¹

1350–1400; Middle English ingrat < Latin ingrātus ungrateful. See in- ³, grateful

Word History and Origins

Origin of ingrate¹

C14: from Latin ingrātus (adj), from _in- ¹ + grātus _grateful

Example Sentences

I am sure he thought I was an ingrate but said they never locked their door — it was the Colony.

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We’ve raised a generation of ignorant ingrates that haven’t the vaguest notion of the price paid to secure the freedoms they now enjoy.

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“To this day, the administration still complains that the Ukrainians are ingrates — and that’s because they refuse to look critically at their own policy.”

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Even if doing so served only to save an ingrate from herself.

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To Villanueva, all the litigation, as well as the senior officials who have gone on medical leave, are just more examples of him being wronged by ingrates.

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