ingrate
Example Sentences
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I am sure he thought I was an ingrate but said they never locked their door — it was the Colony.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2024
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
In the end, the ingrate left the Met nothing.
From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 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
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.