ingrate

CEFRC2

/ˈɪnɡɹeɪt/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person who is not grateful for help or kindness.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An ungrateful or unpleasant person.

Examples

  • He proved to be a selfish ingrate after all.

  • He was an ingrate to his parents.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. Unfriendly; unpleasant.

More examples

In context

  • The ingrate never thanked us.

  • thou art among the stars / of highest Heaven: to the rolling spheres / Thou sweetly singest: naught thy hymning mars, / Above the ingrate world and human fears.

  • Yet in his mind malitious and ingrate

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Origin

noun

First attested in 1393, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English ingrat, from Latin ingrātus (“disagreeable”), from in- (“not”) + grātus (“pleasing”). Cognate with French ingrat.