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
Now, as the father of two magical little ingrates myself, I recognize the enormity of my past behavior but also sympathize with why he may have let it slide.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 14, 2021
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
We should also be ingrates and ask: Could he have run faster?
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2017
I confess," Lissac replied, "that I should be the worst of ingrates if I did not forget many things in consideration of what I owe you, both in the present and in the past.
From His Excellency the Minister by Henri Roberts
