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  1. ingratefuladjective

    ungrateful; not grateful

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. 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

  1. Ingratefuladjective

    ungrateful; thankless; unappreciative

  2. Ingratefuladjective

    unpleasing to the sense; distasteful; offensive

  3. Etymology: [L. ingratus ingrateful (pref. in- not + gratus beloved, dear, grateful) + -ful: cf. F. ingrat. See Grateful.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ingrateful in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ingrateful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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