ungracious
ungracious
Definition
un·gra·cious (-grā′s̸həs)
adjective
- not gracious or affable; rude; discourteous; impolite
- unpleasant; unattractive
- ungraced
- ungraceful
- ungracefully
- ungracefulness
- ungraded
- ungraduated
un·gra′·ciously adverb
un·gra′·cious·ness noun
ungracious
Synonyms
ungracious
Usage Examples
Used with adjective complement
- seem: It seems ungracious to question the basis of the beliefs which inspire their heroic resistance.
Modifying Another Word
- little: But looking back recently through the papers which have accumulated over the past ten years perhaps I was a little ungracious to decline.
- somewhat: The somewhat ungracious driver asked me if I had ever been towed before.
- rather: A rather ungracious association as they ' seldome cease wagging ' .
- so: Hazel has never forgiven HE for being so ungracious about the quid pro quo that night he tweaked her nose.
Modifies a noun
Browse dictionary entries near ungracious
- ungovernable
- ungodly
- unglue
- ungirt
- ungird
- ungentlemanly
- ungenerous
- Ungava
- ungainly
- unfussy
- ungraciously
- ungrammatical
- ungrateful
- ungual
- unguarded
- unguent
- unguiculate
- unguis
- ungula
- ungulate
