Meaning

1 senses
  1. An ungrateful or unpleasant person.

    неблагодарныйneblagodarnyj

    a person who shows no gratitude

Examples

1 sentences
  1. I always knew you were ingrates.

    ruЯ всегда знал, что вы неблагодарные. — marafon

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
an ungrateful person:

Origin

First attested in 1393, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English ingrat, from Lati

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.

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Forms

plural: ingrates
Singularingrate
Pluralingrates

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a person who shows no gratitude:thankless wretchungrateful person

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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