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Definitions for ingrateful
in·grate·ful
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ingratefuladjective
ungrateful; not grateful
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Ingrate, Ingratefuladjective
Etymology: ingratus, Latin; ingrat, French.
That we have been familiar,
Ingrate forgetfulness shall poison, rather
Than pity note how much. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.And you degen'rate, you ingrate revolts,
You bloody Neros. William Shakespeare.So will fall
He and his faithless progeny: whose fault?
Whose but his own? Ingrate; he had of me
All he could have: I made him just and right,
Sufficient to have stood, though free to fall. John Milton, Par. Lost.Words! which no ear ever to hear in heav'n
Expected; least of all from thee, ingrate! John Milton, Par. Lost.Perfidious and ingrate!
His stores ye ravage, and usurp his state. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.The causes of that which is pleasing or ingrate to the hearing, may receive light by that which is pleasing and grateful to the sight. Francis Bacon, Natural History.
He gives no ingrateful food. John Milton.
Webster Dictionary
Ingratefuladjective
ungrateful; thankless; unappreciative
Ingratefuladjective
unpleasing to the sense; distasteful; offensive
Etymology: [L. ingratus ingrateful (pref. in- not + gratus beloved, dear, grateful) + -ful: cf. F. ingrat. See Grateful.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ingrateful in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ingrateful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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