"ingrateful" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more ingrateful [comparative], most ingrateful [superlative]
Etymology: From ingrate (“unfriendly”) + -ful, from Latin ingrātus (“disagreeable”), from in- (“not”) + grātus (“pleasing”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|ingrate|ful|gloss1=unfriendly|pos=adjective}} ingrate (“unfriendly”) + -ful, {{der|en|la|ingrātus||disagreeable}} Latin ingrātus (“disagreeable”), {{prefix|la|in|grātus|gloss1=not|gloss2=pleasing|nocat=1}} in- (“not”) + grātus (“pleasing”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} ingrateful (comparative more ingrateful, superlative most ingrateful)
  1. ungrateful; not grateful
    Sense id: en-ingrateful-en-adj-T39npufe
  2. unpleasing to the sense; distasteful
    Sense id: en-ingrateful-en-adj-LCZDOFjD Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 41 59 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89

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