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BNC: 36237 COCA: 37423

ungracious

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ungracious /ˌʌnˈgreɪʃəs/ adjective
ungracious
/ˌʌnˈgreɪʃəs/
adjective
Learner's definition of UNGRACIOUS
[more ungracious; most ungracious] formal
: not polite or respectful : not gracious : rude不客气的;不尊重的;无礼的

— ungraciously

adverb

— ungraciousness

noun [noncount]
BNC: 36237 COCA: 37423

ungracious

adjective

un·​gra·​cious ˌən-ˈgrā-shəs How to pronounce ungracious (audio)
1
archaic : wicked
2
: not courteous : rude
ungracious treatment
3
: not pleasing : disagreeable
an ungracious task
ungraciously adverb
ungraciousness noun

Example Sentences

There's no need to be ungracious about it. we were taken aback by our aunt's ungracious reply to the invitation we had sent her
Recent Examples on the Web Such compliments are common, perhaps because the giver does not realize how ungracious comparisons are. Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2022 Schoenberg’s Suite, Op. 25, an example of his early supposedly ungracious 12-tone style, is just the thing to keep traditional audiences away. Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2022 Asking for gas money for a party that your daughter was attending seems to Miss Manners a bit miserly and ungracious. Washington Post, 28 June 2021 To bring up other human needs, of emotional or intellectual fulfilment beyond a roof to sleep under, is to be ungracious in the eyes of the media and the privileged public. Guy Lodge, Variety, 28 Aug. 2021 None of this erases the everyday problem of unheld doors, forgotten thank yous, and ungracious birthday party guests. BostonGlobe.com, 23 Oct. 2019 But there remains a somewhat ungracious tenor to this administration that could be excised, sloughed like something outgrown, with no loss of counter-fire. Conrad Black, National Review, 11 Sep. 2019 Otherwise, Miss Manners agrees that alerting them to an event that will cause only annoyance is ungracious. Judith Martin, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2019 Otherwise, Miss Manners agrees that alerting them to an event that will only cause annoyance is ungracious. Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2019 See More

Word History

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of ungracious was in the 13th century
BNC: 36237 COCA: 37423

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