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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

ingratus

ingrateful (pref.

in-

not +

gratus

beloved, dear, grateful) +

-ful

: cf. F.

ingrat

. See

Ungrateful; thankless; unappreciative.

Milton.

He proved extremely false and

ingrateful

to me.

Atterbury.

Unpleasing to the sense; distasteful; offensive.

–

In′grateˊful-ly

adv.

–

In′grateˊful-ness

Noun.

ingrateful ‎(comparative more ingrateful, superlative most ingrateful)

ungrateful; not grateful
- 1667: Therefore what he gives / (Whose praise be ever sung) to man in part / Spiritual, may of purest Spirits be found / No ingrateful food — John Milton, Paradise Lost
- 1667: Ingrateful Eve — John Milton, Paradise Lost
- 1671: under change of times, And condemnation of the ingrateful multitude. — John Milton,Samson Agonistes