Meaning

2 senses
  1. (obsolete)Ungrateful; not grateful

  2. (obsolete)Unpleasing to the sense; distasteful

Origin

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

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

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Forms

more ingrateful, most ingrateful
Comparativemore ingrateful Lesson
Superlativemost ingrateful Lesson

regular

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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