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[ uhn-grey-shuhs ] / ʌnˈgreɪ ʃəs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR ungracious ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivediscourteous; ill-mannered: ungracious behavior. unpleasant; disagreeable; unrewarding: an ungracious task. ungraceful; unpleasing. Origin of ungraciousMiddle English word dating back to 1175–1225; see origin at un-1, gracious OTHER WORDS FROM ungraciousun·gra·cious·ly, adverbun·gra·cious·ness, nounWords nearby ungraciousunglued, ungodly, ungotten, ungovernable, ungraceful, ungracious, ungrammatical, ungrateful, ungrudging, ungt., ungual Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ungraciousYet, by far, she is the most ungracious of anyone I have met. Rihanna vs. The Daily Mail And Other Singer-Journalist Feuds|Marlow Stern|June 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST Newt ungracious in defeat, Inauguration plans complete So positive he will succeed Forgot he lost should concede. The Song of Newt Gingrich: From Longshot To Hotshot To No Shot||April 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST She was shut up, and her manner appeared hard and ungracious while her heart was dissolving in emotions. Household Education|Harriet Martineau He paid his halfpenny, feeling that it were ungracious to correct her. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition|Robert Louis Stevenson
Caxton, do you know that, ungracious as it will sound to you, I am growing impatient of this 'honourable independence!' Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 64, No. 398, December 1848|Various I fell back, then, upon the woman who has so little malice in her heart that she could not be ungracious to any one. And Puddock followed that ungracious leech, with a stare of gratitude and admiration, almost with a benediction. The House by the Church-Yard|J. Sheridan Le Fanu
British Dictionary definitions for ungracious
adjectivenot characterized by or showing kindness and courtesy Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to ungraciousdisrespectful, ill-mannered, impolite, inelegant, rude, uncouth, unmannerly, unpolite, difficult, disagreeable, offensive, unpleasing, churlish, discourteous, gruff, inhospitable, short, thoughtless, uncivil, unfortunate |