ingrate
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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
That outraged Fleetwood’s parents as well as hers, who all viewed her as an ingrate who didn’t appreciate the rich life she’d been given.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 30, 2020
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
However, this ingrate has already confronted you and you reacted in real time.
From Slate ● Mar. 31, 2015
I could see buzzards circling high in the distance, which reminded me of that ingrate Buster.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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Call these recipients killjoys or ingrates or both, but you can’t say they’re wrong.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2023
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
But it seems to me that when I merely tried to mitigate the terrible news imparted by Dick, you are rank ingrates for questioning my far less doubtful story.
From The Siege of the Seven Suitors by Nicholson, Meredith
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