English Explanatory Dictionary

ingrateful

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. ungrateful; not grateful
  2. unpleasing to the sense; distasteful

Word forms

ingrateful more ingrateful most ingrateful

Etymology

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

Related words

ingrate

Derived words

ingratefully ingratefulness
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