ingrate

C2 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈɪnɡɹeɪt/ See IPA manual

Freq #28624

Meanings

1

noun
A person who shows no gratitude for what they have been given.

After all the help we gave him, the ingrate never even said thank you.
2

adj
Ungrateful.

He felt foolish for trusting such an ingrate friend.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person who shows no... ungrateful person

Word family

Derived forms ingratefulingrately

Etymology

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.

ingrat Middle English ingrātus Latin

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People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# ingrate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈɪnɡɹeɪt/
**Frequency rank:** 28624

## Meanings
1. A person who shows no gratitude for what they have been given.
2. Ungrateful.

## Examples
- After all the help we gave him, the ingrate never even said thank you.
- He felt foolish for trusting such an ingrate friend.

## Derived Forms
- ingrateful
- ingrately

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: ingrat
- Root: ingrātus

## Etymology
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.

## AI Etymology
Ingrate is 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. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern adjectival form is built from the named base and affix. Important recorded forms include ingrat (Middle English) and ingrātus (Latin). Current senses include a person who shows no gratitude for what they have been given and ungrateful. The wider family includes derived forms such as ingrateful and ingrately.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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