Recent Examples on the WebTo these ingrates, the Trump administration has sent a straightforward message: you will no longer be allowed to play the United States for a sucker.—Randall Schweller, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2018 The violent ingrates stole the man’s phone and hopped out of the car.—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2024 But those comfy corporate media ingrates aren’t real revolutionaries waging an uprising like the intra-party conflicts among their idols Joseph Stalin, Grigory Zinoviev, Vladimir Lenin, and Leon Trotsky during Russia’s October Revolution.—Armond White, National Review, 29 Mar. 2024 Just don’t act like an ingrate by twisting your face to clearly show your displeasure.—Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2023 See all Example Sentences for ingrate
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Word History
Etymology
Latin ingratus ungrateful, from in- + gratus grateful — more at grace
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