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ingrate

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Level C2GRE
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adj/ˈɪnɡɹeɪt/
  1. 1

    Ungrateful.obsoletepoetic

    • thou art among the stars / of highest Heaven: to the rolling spheres / Thou sweetly singest: naught thy hymning mars, / Above the ingrate world and human fears.
  2. 2

    Unfriendly; unpleasant.obsolete

noun/ˈɪnɡɹeɪt/
  1. 1

    An ungrateful or unpleasant person.

    • "Speak the truth, you ingrate!" cried Miss Havisham, passionately striking her stick upon the floor; “you are tired of me.”
    • Out of my sight, ingrate!

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