ingrate

Meanings

1. 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. 2
   adj

   Ungrateful.

   He felt foolish for trusting such an ingrate friend.

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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