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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

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

However, this ingrate has already confronted you and you reacted in real time.

From Slate Mar. 31, 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

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

Instead, an aide to Ramzan Kadyrov, the autocrat who runs Chechnya, berated them at length on television as ingrates and forced them to recant.

From New York Times Jul. 10, 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

If it is pleasant to do good, it is painful to come in contact with ingrates.

From Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 by Charles Paul de Kock




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