ungraciousadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈɡreɪʃəs/,

/(ˌ)ʌŋˈɡreɪʃəs/, U.S.

/ˌənˈɡreɪʃəs/

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1 Compare (in sense 5) Middle Dutch ongracioos.

†1.

a. Of persons: Devoid of spiritual grace; graceless, reprobate, wicked. Obsolete.In Middle English also const. with infinitive (quot. 1362).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > evil and graceless > [adjective] > person

ungracious?c1225

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [adjective] > reprobate

ungracious?c1225

gracelessc1400

reprobate1557

abrupt1583

perditious1600

perdite1625

deperdit1641

castaway1818

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 271 Þach clennesse..beoð ȝeoue ofgrace. vngraciuse stondeð þerto ȝeines.

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 103 Þris þat alle mot se þe light on Roberd toke, Vngracious man was he, þris he it forsoke.

1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. x. 206 False folke..Vn-Gracios to gete loue or eni good elles.

c1420 J. Lydgate Assembly of Gods 754 He seyde he shuld haue..With Vyce to do a myghty strong batayll; Of vngracious gastes he bryngeth a long tayll.

1462 R. Calle in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 370 Ther is an on-gracios fellaschip of hem and a fals.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. clxxxii. 217 These myscheuous peple chose hym that was moost vngracyoust of all other.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. clxxxii. 217 Ther were a certayne of the same vngracyous peple bytwene Parys and Noyon.

1579 T. Lodge Protogenes 19 The Angels haue sinned in heauen,..emong y^e holy apostles vngratious Iudas.

a1638 J. Mede Wks. (1672) 203 Let him..take heed of familiar and friendly converse with lewd, prophane and ungracious company.

1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires x. 213 To the Gods alone Our future Offspring, and our Wives are known; Th'audacious Strumpet, and ungracious Son.

c1771 S. Foote Maid of Bath i. 5 Well, you ungracious young dog, and what's become of the wench?

1793 E. Burke Observ. Conduct Minority in Two Lett. Conduct Domestick Parties (1797) 67 The consequences are most logically..drawn from the premises..by that wicked and ungracious faction.

in extended use.1820 R. Southey Life Wesley II. 256 At baptism, it was customary not to dip the right arm,..that he might strike a more deadly and ungracious blow therewith.

†b. Of actions, conduct, etc.: Characterized by gracelessness, or wickedness. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > evil and graceless > [adjective]

gracelessc1400

ungracious1415

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [adjective] > reprobate > specifically of life or conduct

ungracious1415

perditionable1827

1415 in 43rd Ann. Rep. Deputy Keeper Public Rec. (1882) App. i. 582 in Parl. Papers (C. 3425) XXXVI. 1 This vngracius and mescheffus gouernaunz.

c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iv. 649 Cruell Iewes! what mad yow so bold To commyt þis Crym most vngraciose?

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. ciiij Inquisicion was made of the authors of this vngracious coniuracion.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. iii. 88 That word Grace In an vngratious mouth is but prophane.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 70 Their sonnes vngracious life opposed their best contentments.

1683 D'Urfey in Roxburghe Ballads (1888) V. 246 Let Perkin his ungracious errour see, And Toney 'scape no more the Triple-Tree.

†2. Unfortunate, unlucky, unfavourable. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [adjective]

unseelyOE

ungraciousa1387

infortunatec1390

unhappy1390

haplessa1400

mischancefula1400

unfortunedc1403

infortuneda1413

maleurousa1460

infortunable?a1475

mal-infortunedc1475

unselc1480

mischanced1488

misadventurousa1500

unhap1509

misfortunate1510

mischancya1522

unuredc1525

maleureda1529

unlucky1530

unfortunate1548

luckless1563

unluckly1564

unfortunable1567

untoward1570

unable?1572

sinister1576

unsonsy1578

disaster1584

disastereda1586

disastrous1586

unweirdedc1590

wanhappy?1590

misbefallen1591

fortuneless1596

infelicious1598

misadventured1599

improsperous1602

untoward1632

unhandsome1640

ill-fated1715

donsie?1719

swarthy1756

infelicitous1835

bad luck1872

stiff1919

spooked1937

jinxed1972

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 289 He was most ungracious in homeliche þinges, and happy in oþer þinges.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xii. xxxvii Amonge dyuynours here [sc. owls'] voice is vngracious.

1445–50 J. Metham Wks. 152 The .xv. day ys noght spedeful to be-gynne ony werke vp-on, for yt ys ongracyus.

c1550 J. Cheke Let. in Athenæum 28 Aug. (1909) 237/3 Until I be mended of my ungracious disease.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. ii. xlix. 78 Then set they forward on their journey,..taking the ungracious and unluckie way,..untill at length they came to the river Cremera.

?c1600 (c1515) Sc. Field (Lyme) l. 248 in I. F. Baird Poems Stanley Family (D.Phil. thesis, Univ. of Birm.) (1990) 240 They had gotten them a ground most ungracious of other Upon the toppe of a high hill.

a1634 G. Chapman Revenge for Honour (1654) i. i. 42 To give the noble weasand, Which has the steel defied, to th' hanging mercy Of the ungracious cord.

†3.

a. Rude; unmannerly. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > ill-mannered

unthewedc1175

ill-mannered1422

unmannerlya1425

mannerlessa1500

unmannered?1518

inhonest1534

ungraciousa1535

unrude?1552

misnurtured1553

menseless1568

misleared1578

mismannered1615

unmanneredly1650

rag-mannered1698

a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) ii. xv. sig. I.i^v Her husbande..saied also, that it were lytle sinne..to choppe of that vnhappye head of hers, that caryed suche an vngraciouse tounge therin.

?1548 W. Lynne tr. Vertuous Scholehous Vngracious Women sig. Bij^v Thou vsest vngracious wordes, cursest thy good husbande.

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. i. 89 Peace you vngracious clamors, peace rude sounds.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iv. i. 46 Vngracious wretch, Fit for the Mountaines,..Where manners nere were preach'd.

†b. Of low birth and manners. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > low or vulgar person > [adjective]

carlisha1240

lewdc1380

carlc1450

villain1483

ruffian1528

shake-ragged1550

porterlike1568

popular1583

ungracious1584

ordinarya1586

tapsterly1589

mechanic1598

round-headed1598

base-like1600

strummell-patch1600

porterly1603

scrubbing1603

vernaculous1607

plebeian1615

reptile1653

proletarian1663

mobbish1695

low1725

terraefilial1745

low-lifed1747

Whitechapel1785

lowlife1794

boweryish1846

gutter1849

bowery1852

lowish1886

swab1914

lumpen1944

1584 T. Lodge Alarum (Hunterian Club) 23 Doeth the Weesell loue the Cockatrice? Or gentle borne, such as bee vngratious?

a. Not held in favour; unacceptable; disliked.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > [adjective] > relating to that which is disliked > specific persons

unsavoury1401

unlief?a1439

ingrate1539

ill-beloved1546

unliked1560

disgracious1597

ungracious1598

distasteda1661

invidious1710

unlikeable1888

in bad1907

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Sgrato, vngratious, nothing acceptable.

1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xi. 159 Prince Rupert, at that time, was generally very ungracious in England.

1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. III. l. 95 Abbot's principle of liberty, and his opposition to Buckingham, had always rendered him very ungracious at court.

b. Unpleasant and unappreciated.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [adjective] > unpleasant

loatha700

unsweetc890

grimlyc893

unquemeOE

un-i-quemeOE

evila1131

sourc1175

illc1220

unhightlyc1275

unwelcomec1325

unblithec1330

unnetc1330

unrekena1350

unagreeablec1374

uncouthc1380

unsavouryc1380

displeasantc1386

unlikinga1398

ungaina1400

crabbedc1400

unlovelyc1400

displeasing1401

eschewc1420

unsoot1420

mislikinga1425

unlikelya1425

unlustya1425

fastidiousc1425

unpleasantc1430

displicable1471

unthankfulc1475

displeasant1481

uneasy1483

unpleasinga1500

unfaring1513

badc1530

malpleasant?1533

noisome1542

thanklessa1547

ungrate1548

untoothsome1548

ungreeable1550

contrary1561

disagreeable1570

offensible1575

offensive1576

naughty1578

delightlessa1586

undelightful1585

unwisheda1586

unpleasurable1587

undelightsomec1595

dislikeful1596

disliking1596

ungrateful1596

unsweet?a1600

distastive1600

impleasing1602

distasting1603

distasteful1607

unsightly1608

undelectable1610

disgustful1611

unrelishing1611

waspisha1616

undeliciousa1618

unwished-for1617

disrelishing1631

unenjoyed1643

unjoyous1645

mirya1652

unwelcomed1651

unpleasivea1656

sweet1656

injucund1657

insuave1657

unpalatable1658

unhandsome1660

undesirable1667

disrelishablea1670

uncouthsome1684

shocking1703

nasty1705

embittering1746

indelectable1751

undelightinga1774

nice and ——1796

unenjoyablea1797

ungenial1796

uncomplacent1805

ungracious1807

bitter1810

rotten1813

uncongenial1813

quarrelsome1825

grimy1833

nice1836

unrelished1863

bloody1867

unbewitching1876

ferocious1877

displeasurable1879

rebarbative1892

charming1893

crook1898

naar1900

peppery1901

negative1902

poisonous1906

off-putting1935

unsympathetic1937

piggy1942

funky1946

umpty1948

pooey1967

minging1970

Scrooge-like1976

sucky1984

stank1991

stanky1991

1807 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 17 317 However ungracious the task is, I conceive it necessary to correct mistake.

1846 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 II. iii. 115 The ungracious duties inseparable from his office.

1884 Liverpool Mercury 21 June 5/3 It is an ungracious duty to preach saving habits when times are bad.

a. Ungraceful, unattractive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > inelegance > [adjective] > ungraceful

graceless?1507

clumsy1597

ungainly1611

awkwarda1616

disgraceful1615

unwieldya1635

dishonest1653

ungraceful1667

ungracious1695

ungain1710

unswan-like1837

unheppen1855

disgracious1870

1695 J. Dryden tr. C. A. Du Fresnoy De Arte Graphica 23 Show no parts which are ungracious to the Sight, as all fore shortnings, usually are.

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. iv. 268 His Person, and manner of Speaking were ungratious enough.

1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting I. v. 107 It was difficult to ascertain the periods when one ungracious form jostled out another.

1775 T. Sheridan Lect. Art of Reading I. i. 4 The best scholars often..disgraced beautiful composition by an ungracious delivery.

1807 R. Wilson Jrnl. 7 May in Life, A religion so ungentlemanlike mean and ungracious that I would sooner be a pagan.

b. ungracious living n. (opposed to gracious living n. at gracious adj. and adv. Compounds 2).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > way of life > [noun] > specific > pleasant or unpleasant way of life

gracious living1892

ungracious living1958

1958 Spectator 4 July 13/2 He had gone straight to a bodge-you-up builder for a slab of ungracious living.

1976 R. Rendell Demon in my View i. 11 The houses were warrens... Ungracious living was evinced by a row of doorbells, seven in an eight-roomed house.

6. Lacking in condescension, courtesy, or affability:

a. Of actions.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adjective] > ungracious or disobliging

uneasya1387

malgracious?1473

mensklessa1522

disgracious1598

ingracious1600

unobliging1645

disobliging1652

uncondescending1660

uncomplaisant1693

ungracious1745

unaccommodating1790

1745 H. Walpole Lett. (1846) II. 78 An ungracious parallel between the mercenary views of..the regiment-factors,..with the disinterested behaviour of my Lord Kildare, was drawn.

1780 Mirror No. 103 (1781) 3 An overture of mine towards a reconciliation.., which met with a very ungracious reception.

1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen xii. 184 Whilst the amber is at your lips, there is nothing ungracious in your remaining silent.

1868 C. Dickens Let. 16 Dec. (2002) XII. 250 Refusal on my part would be too ungracious.

1890 Lancet 29 Nov. 1151 It would be ungracious to conclude without expressing my gratitude to our distinguished colleagues.

b. Of persons. Also figurative of a country.

ΚΠ

1752 E. Young Brothers iii. i Nor in my brother let it pass for virtue, That, as he is, ungracious he would seem.

a1822 P. B. Shelley Cyclops in Posthumous Poems (1824) 334 Ah! no; they live in an ungracious land.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 654 The meek and affable duchess turned out an ungracious and haughty queen.

1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 64 Take it..tho' his gift; For I am more ungracious ev'n than you, I care not for it either.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ungracious
释义	ungraciousadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈɡreɪʃəs/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈɡreɪʃəs/, U.S. /ˌənˈɡreɪʃəs/ Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1 Compare (in sense 5) Middle Dutch ongracioos. †1. a. Of persons: Devoid of spiritual grace; graceless, reprobate, wicked. Obsolete.In Middle English also const. with infinitive (quot. 1362). ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > evil and graceless > [adjective] > person ungracious?c1225 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [adjective] > reprobate ungracious?c1225 gracelessc1400 reprobate1557 abrupt1583 perditious1600 perdite1625 deperdit1641 castaway1818 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 271 Þach clennesse..beoð ȝeoue ofgrace. vngraciuse stondeð þerto ȝeines. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 103 Þris þat alle mot se þe light on Roberd toke, Vngracious man was he, þris he it forsoke. 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. x. 206 False folke..Vn-Gracios to gete loue or eni good elles. c1420 J. Lydgate Assembly of Gods 754 He seyde he shuld haue..With Vyce to do a myghty strong batayll; Of vngracious gastes he bryngeth a long tayll. 1462 R. Calle in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 370 Ther is an on-gracios fellaschip of hem and a fals. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. clxxxii. 217 These myscheuous peple chose hym that was moost vngracyoust of all other. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. clxxxii. 217 Ther were a certayne of the same vngracyous peple bytwene Parys and Noyon. 1579 T. Lodge Protogenes 19 The Angels haue sinned in heauen,..emong y^e holy apostles vngratious Iudas. a1638 J. Mede Wks. (1672) 203 Let him..take heed of familiar and friendly converse with lewd, prophane and ungracious company. 1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires x. 213 To the Gods alone Our future Offspring, and our Wives are known; Th'audacious Strumpet, and ungracious Son. c1771 S. Foote Maid of Bath i. 5 Well, you ungracious young dog, and what's become of the wench? 1793 E. Burke Observ. Conduct Minority in Two Lett. Conduct Domestick Parties (1797) 67 The consequences are most logically..drawn from the premises..by that wicked and ungracious faction. in extended use.1820 R. Southey Life Wesley II. 256 At baptism, it was customary not to dip the right arm,..that he might strike a more deadly and ungracious blow therewith. †b. Of actions, conduct, etc.: Characterized by gracelessness, or wickedness. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > evil and graceless > [adjective] gracelessc1400 ungracious1415 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [adjective] > reprobate > specifically of life or conduct ungracious1415 perditionable1827 1415 in 43rd Ann. Rep. Deputy Keeper Public Rec. (1882) App. i. 582 in Parl. Papers (C. 3425) XXXVI. 1 This vngracius and mescheffus gouernaunz. c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iv. 649 Cruell Iewes! what mad yow so bold To commyt þis Crym most vngraciose? 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. ciiij Inquisicion was made of the authors of this vngracious coniuracion. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. iii. 88 That word Grace In an vngratious mouth is but prophane. View more context for this quotation 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 70 Their sonnes vngracious life opposed their best contentments. 1683 D'Urfey in Roxburghe Ballads (1888) V. 246 Let Perkin his ungracious errour see, And Toney 'scape no more the Triple-Tree. †2. Unfortunate, unlucky, unfavourable. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [adjective] unseelyOE ungraciousa1387 infortunatec1390 unhappy1390 haplessa1400 mischancefula1400 unfortunedc1403 infortuneda1413 maleurousa1460 infortunable?a1475 mal-infortunedc1475 unselc1480 mischanced1488 misadventurousa1500 unhap1509 misfortunate1510 mischancya1522 unuredc1525 maleureda1529 unlucky1530 unfortunate1548 luckless1563 unluckly1564 unfortunable1567 untoward1570 unable?1572 sinister1576 unsonsy1578 disaster1584 disastereda1586 disastrous1586 unweirdedc1590 wanhappy?1590 misbefallen1591 fortuneless1596 infelicious1598 misadventured1599 improsperous1602 untoward1632 unhandsome1640 ill-fated1715 donsie?1719 swarthy1756 infelicitous1835 bad luck1872 stiff1919 spooked1937 jinxed1972 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 289 He was most ungracious in homeliche þinges, and happy in oþer þinges. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xii. xxxvii Amonge dyuynours here [sc. owls'] voice is vngracious. 1445–50 J. Metham Wks. 152 The .xv. day ys noght spedeful to be-gynne ony werke vp-on, for yt ys ongracyus. c1550 J. Cheke Let. in Athenæum 28 Aug. (1909) 237/3 Until I be mended of my ungracious disease. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. ii. xlix. 78 Then set they forward on their journey,..taking the ungracious and unluckie way,..untill at length they came to the river Cremera. ?c1600 (c1515) Sc. Field (Lyme) l. 248 in I. F. Baird Poems Stanley Family (D.Phil. thesis, Univ. of Birm.) (1990) 240 They had gotten them a ground most ungracious of other Upon the toppe of a high hill. a1634 G. Chapman Revenge for Honour (1654) i. i. 42 To give the noble weasand, Which has the steel defied, to th' hanging mercy Of the ungracious cord. †3. a. Rude; unmannerly. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > ill-mannered unthewedc1175 ill-mannered1422 unmannerlya1425 mannerlessa1500 unmannered?1518 inhonest1534 ungraciousa1535 unrude?1552 misnurtured1553 menseless1568 misleared1578 mismannered1615 unmanneredly1650 rag-mannered1698 a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) ii. xv. sig. I.i^v Her husbande..saied also, that it were lytle sinne..to choppe of that vnhappye head of hers, that caryed suche an vngraciouse tounge therin. ?1548 W. Lynne tr. Vertuous Scholehous Vngracious Women sig. Bij^v Thou vsest vngracious wordes, cursest thy good husbande. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. i. 89 Peace you vngracious clamors, peace rude sounds. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iv. i. 46 Vngracious wretch, Fit for the Mountaines,..Where manners nere were preach'd. View more context for this quotation †b. Of low birth and manners. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > low or vulgar person > [adjective] carlisha1240 lewdc1380 carlc1450 villain1483 ruffian1528 shake-ragged1550 porterlike1568 popular1583 ungracious1584 ordinarya1586 tapsterly1589 mechanic1598 round-headed1598 base-like1600 strummell-patch1600 porterly1603 scrubbing1603 vernaculous1607 plebeian1615 reptile1653 proletarian1663 mobbish1695 low1725 terraefilial1745 low-lifed1747 Whitechapel1785 lowlife1794 boweryish1846 gutter1849 bowery1852 lowish1886 swab1914 lumpen1944 1584 T. Lodge Alarum (Hunterian Club) 23 Doeth the Weesell loue the Cockatrice? Or gentle borne, such as bee vngratious? 4. a. Not held in favour; unacceptable; disliked. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > [adjective] > relating to that which is disliked > specific persons unsavoury1401 unlief?a1439 ingrate1539 ill-beloved1546 unliked1560 disgracious1597 ungracious1598 distasteda1661 invidious1710 unlikeable1888 in bad1907 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Sgrato, vngratious, nothing acceptable. 1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xi. 159 Prince Rupert, at that time, was generally very ungracious in England. 1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. III. l. 95 Abbot's principle of liberty, and his opposition to Buckingham, had always rendered him very ungracious at court. b. Unpleasant and unappreciated. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [adjective] > unpleasant loatha700 unsweetc890 grimlyc893 unquemeOE un-i-quemeOE evila1131 sourc1175 illc1220 unhightlyc1275 unwelcomec1325 unblithec1330 unnetc1330 unrekena1350 unagreeablec1374 uncouthc1380 unsavouryc1380 displeasantc1386 unlikinga1398 ungaina1400 crabbedc1400 unlovelyc1400 displeasing1401 eschewc1420 unsoot1420 mislikinga1425 unlikelya1425 unlustya1425 fastidiousc1425 unpleasantc1430 displicable1471 unthankfulc1475 displeasant1481 uneasy1483 unpleasinga1500 unfaring1513 badc1530 malpleasant?1533 noisome1542 thanklessa1547 ungrate1548 untoothsome1548 ungreeable1550 contrary1561 disagreeable1570 offensible1575 offensive1576 naughty1578 delightlessa1586 undelightful1585 unwisheda1586 unpleasurable1587 undelightsomec1595 dislikeful1596 disliking1596 ungrateful1596 unsweet?a1600 distastive1600 impleasing1602 distasting1603 distasteful1607 unsightly1608 undelectable1610 disgustful1611 unrelishing1611 waspisha1616 undeliciousa1618 unwished-for1617 disrelishing1631 unenjoyed1643 unjoyous1645 mirya1652 unwelcomed1651 unpleasivea1656 sweet1656 injucund1657 insuave1657 unpalatable1658 unhandsome1660 undesirable1667 disrelishablea1670 uncouthsome1684 shocking1703 nasty1705 embittering1746 indelectable1751 undelightinga1774 nice and ——1796 unenjoyablea1797 ungenial1796 uncomplacent1805 ungracious1807 bitter1810 rotten1813 uncongenial1813 quarrelsome1825 grimy1833 nice1836 unrelished1863 bloody1867 unbewitching1876 ferocious1877 displeasurable1879 rebarbative1892 charming1893 crook1898 naar1900 peppery1901 negative1902 poisonous1906 off-putting1935 unsympathetic1937 piggy1942 funky1946 umpty1948 pooey1967 minging1970 Scrooge-like1976 sucky1984 stank1991 stanky1991 1807 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 17 317 However ungracious the task is, I conceive it necessary to correct mistake. 1846 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 II. iii. 115 The ungracious duties inseparable from his office. 1884 Liverpool Mercury 21 June 5/3 It is an ungracious duty to preach saving habits when times are bad. 5. a. Ungraceful, unattractive. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > inelegance > [adjective] > ungraceful graceless?1507 clumsy1597 ungainly1611 awkwarda1616 disgraceful1615 unwieldya1635 dishonest1653 ungraceful1667 ungracious1695 ungain1710 unswan-like1837 unheppen1855 disgracious1870 1695 J. Dryden tr. C. A. Du Fresnoy De Arte Graphica 23 Show no parts which are ungracious to the Sight, as all fore shortnings, usually are. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. iv. 268 His Person, and manner of Speaking were ungratious enough. 1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting I. v. 107 It was difficult to ascertain the periods when one ungracious form jostled out another. 1775 T. Sheridan Lect. Art of Reading I. i. 4 The best scholars often..disgraced beautiful composition by an ungracious delivery. 1807 R. Wilson Jrnl. 7 May in Life, A religion so ungentlemanlike mean and ungracious that I would sooner be a pagan. b. ungracious living n. (opposed to gracious living n. at gracious adj. and adv. Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > way of life > [noun] > specific > pleasant or unpleasant way of life gracious living1892 ungracious living1958 1958 Spectator 4 July 13/2 He had gone straight to a bodge-you-up builder for a slab of ungracious living. 1976 R. Rendell Demon in my View i. 11 The houses were warrens... Ungracious living was evinced by a row of doorbells, seven in an eight-roomed house. 6. Lacking in condescension, courtesy, or affability: a. Of actions. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adjective] > ungracious or disobliging uneasya1387 malgracious?1473 mensklessa1522 disgracious1598 ingracious1600 unobliging1645 disobliging1652 uncondescending1660 uncomplaisant1693 ungracious1745 unaccommodating1790 1745 H. Walpole Lett. (1846) II. 78 An ungracious parallel between the mercenary views of..the regiment-factors,..with the disinterested behaviour of my Lord Kildare, was drawn. 1780 Mirror No. 103 (1781) 3 An overture of mine towards a reconciliation.., which met with a very ungracious reception. 1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen xii. 184 Whilst the amber is at your lips, there is nothing ungracious in your remaining silent. 1868 C. Dickens Let. 16 Dec. (2002) XII. 250 Refusal on my part would be too ungracious. 1890 Lancet 29 Nov. 1151 It would be ungracious to conclude without expressing my gratitude to our distinguished colleagues. b. Of persons. Also figurative of a country. ΚΠ 1752 E. Young Brothers iii. i Nor in my brother let it pass for virtue, That, as he is, ungracious he would seem. a1822 P. B. Shelley Cyclops in Posthumous Poems (1824) 334 Ah! no; they live in an ungracious land. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 654 The meek and affable duchess turned out an ungracious and haughty queen. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 64 Take it..tho' his gift; For I am more ungracious ev'n than you, I care not for it either. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?c1225
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