ingrateful

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ingrateful

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From ingrate (“unfriendly”) + -ful, from Latin ingrātus (“disagreeable”), from in- (“not”) + grātus (“pleasing”).

adjective more ingrateful · most ingrateful

obsolete ungrateful; not grateful Ingrateful Eve
obsolete unpleasing to the sense; distasteful Therefore what he gives / (Whose praise be ever sung) to man in part / Spiritual, may of purest Spirits be found / No ingrateful food

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@misc{ingrateful_2026,
  title = {ingrateful},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ingrateful},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}