ingrate

The definition of an ingrate is a person who is ungrateful.

(noun)

A friend who stays at your house for a month and then leaves without so much as a "thank you," is an example of an ingrate.

See ingrate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

Obsolete ungrateful

Origin: ME ingrat < OFr < L ingratus, unpleasant, ungrateful < in-, not + gratus, grateful: see grace

noun

an ungrateful person

See ingrate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An ungrateful person.

Origin:

Origin: From Middle English ingrat, ungrateful

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin ingrātus

Origin: : in-, not; see in-¹

Origin: + grātus, pleasing, thankful; see g^werə-² in Indo-European roots

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