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单词 ungracious
释义 un·gracious
\“+\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from un- (I) + gracious
1. archaic : lacking in spiritual grace : profane, wicked
 < take heed of … converse with lewd, profane and ungracious company — Joseph Mede >
2.
 a. obsolete : exhibiting bad breeding : boorish, crude
  < ungracious wretch, fit for the mountains … where manners ne'er were preached — Shakespeare >
 b. : showing bad taste or lack of courtesy : surly
  < it seems ungracious to insist upon the futility of so much earnest … effort, prompted by motives which are so splendid — Norman Angell >
  < this curt summary is not meant to be ungracious — B.R.Redman >
3.
 a. : lacking in attraction : uncongenial
  < urban life tends to put an ungracious stamp upon the human face — Irwin Shaw >
 b. : disagreeable, thankless
  < it would be an ungracious task to catalog them — M.R.Cohen >
Synonyms: see rude
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