ingrate
/ˈɪnɡreɪt
/ /ɪnˈɡreɪt /formal or literary
noun
An ungrateful person.He shudders to think what this here group of punks and ingrates would do to a smiley guy like Clyde....
- In the future, selfish ingrates will simply launch his remains into the sun.
- In her book the unconverted Left are still a bunch of ingrates demanding the impossible.
adjective
Ungrateful.By the way, I've signed on for e-mail updates from all the organizations above (so you won't have to, you ingrate weasels)....
- We can afford a few traitorous little ingrate rich kids.
- But eventually, in this late case, the ingrate audience stays away in droves.
Origin
Late Middle English (as an adjective): from Latin ingratus, from in- 'not' + gratus 'grateful'.
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