ingrate
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ingrate
an ungrateful person
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ingratiate – bring oneself into favor: She ingratiated herself with the children by bringing gingerbread cookies.
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in·grate
(ĭn′grāt′)n.
An ungrateful person.
[From Middle English ingrat, ungrateful, from Old French, from Latin ingrātus : in-, not; see in-1 + grātus, pleasing, thankful; see gwerə- in Indo-European roots.]
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ingrate
(ˈɪnɡreɪt; ɪnˈɡreɪt)n
an ungrateful person
adj
ungrateful
[C14: from Latin ingrātus (adj), from in-1 + grātus grateful]
ˈingrately adv
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in•grate
(ˈɪn greɪt)n.
1. an ungrateful person.
adj. 2. Archaic. ungrateful.
[1350–1400; Middle English ingrat < Latin ingrātus ungrateful]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() unwelcome person, persona non grata - a person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome |
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[ˈɪngreɪt] N (frm or iro) → ingrato/a m/fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005