ingrate
noun
an ungrateful person.
ingrates
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pluralof ingrate.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2022
So they feel they've got these ingrates who are their subjects, who are providing no level of appreciation for how much pain they have endured.
From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2020
Scalia said sarcastically: “These plaintiffs are ingrates, right? You’re really helping them?”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 22, 2015
But my general reaction is to file away what ingrates they are and not let it get to you.
From Slate ● Mar. 31, 2015
He was determined to intimidate his enemies by a grand example, and avenge his kingly self-respect by bringing his power home to the ingrates who made no account of his indulgence.
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 3 by Robert Black
