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ingrate

[in-greyt] / ˈɪn greɪt /
NOUN
ungrateful person
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He spoke of his estrangement from the game, of how, because of his refusal to indulge in the celebrations it offered him, he was viewed in some quarters as an ingrate.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 14, 2022

Pound may have been an ingrate, but the gratitude of generations will always be due Hall, for remembering.

From Washington Post Dec. 24, 2021

When “Life with Picasso” first came out, this kind of anecdote did not go over well with Picasso’s supporters, who denounced Gilot as a spiteful ingrate and rushed in to avenge the great man.

From The New Yorker Jul. 15, 2019

Then he’ll look around for more before disappearing, like the ingrate that he is, back into his foul and riled depths.

From The Guardian Jul. 25, 2015

"Besides, your mother is suffering overtime. God only knows why she loves an ingrate like you, but she does."

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos

To Villanueva, all the litigation, as well as the senior officials who have gone on medical leave, are just more examples of him being wronged by ingrates.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 21, 2022

So they feel they've got these ingrates who are their subjects, who are providing no level of appreciation for how much pain they have endured.

From Salon Mar. 18, 2020

Dignity is a dish brought back up beautifully to the correct temperature, served to ingrates.

From Slate Nov. 25, 2019

Scalia said sarcastically: “These plaintiffs are ingrates, right? You’re really helping them?”

From Washington Post Apr. 22, 2015

The immediate successor of the ingrates was a mouse bestowed upon me by one of the stable hands.

From When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood by Marion Harland




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