ingrate

American  

[in-greyt] / ˈɪn greɪt /

noun

1. an ungrateful person.

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adjective

1. Archaic. ungrateful.

ingrate British  

/ ˈɪnɡreɪt, ɪnˈɡreɪt /

noun

1. an ungrateful person

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adjective

1. ungrateful

Other Word Forms

• ingrately adverb

Etymology

Origin of ingrate

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

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times

“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.”

From New York Times

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

From Washington Post

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.

From Los Angeles Times

Instead, an aide to Ramzan Kadyrov, the autocrat who runs Chechnya, berated them at length on television as ingrates and forced them to recant.

From New York Times