ungracious

[uhn-grey-shuhs]

adjective

1. discourteous; ill-mannered.

   ungracious behavior.

2. unpleasant; disagreeable; unrewarding.

   an ungracious task.

3. ungraceful; unpleasing.

ungracious

/ ʌnˈɡreɪʃəs /

adjective

1. not characterized by or showing kindness and courtesy

Other Word Forms

• ungraciously adverb
• ungraciousness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of ungracious¹

Middle English word dating back to 1175–1225; un- ¹, gracious

Example Sentences

While Osaka lost to Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko in the final, then drew criticism for seemingly being ungracious in defeat, she has carried the momentum into the US Open.

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One political commentator accused the Labour left of being "petty", "childish" and "self-indulgent" with its ungracious attacks on the Iron Lady's memory.

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For the California Republican who hopes to be speaker himself, it was an ungracious act, of course, but also something worse.

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“I made a rude comment, and it was wrong. It was an unnecessary comment. It was ungracious to the server.”

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James Corden has admitted he was "ungracious" to a restaurant server in an incident which saw him temporarily banned from New York eatery Balthazar.

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