▪ I. ingrate, a. (n.)
(ɪnˈgreɪt)
Also 4 ingrat, 6–7 Sc. ingrait.
[ad. L. ingrāt-us unpleasing, ungrateful, in med.L. also unkind, harsh, angry, f. in- (in-3) + grātus pleasing, grateful; perh. originally through F. ingrat, -ate (Oresme, 14th c.).]
Not grateful.
† 1. Not pleasing or acceptable to the mind or senses; disagreeable, unpleasant, unwelcome. Obs.
| 1539 Taverner Gard. Wysed. ii. 2 a, I haue marked that thys argument or wrytynge is nat ingrate unto you. c 1586 C'tess Pembroke Ps. civ. xiv, This irreligious kinde, Ingrate to God. 1626 Bacon Sylva §111 The Causes of that which is Pleasing, or Ingrate to the Hearing, may receiue light by that, which is Pleasing or Ingrate to the Sight. 1665 Sir T. Herbert Trav. (1677) 311 Coho or Coffee..however ingrate or insapory it seems at first, it becomes grate and delicious enough by custom. 1702 Sir J. Floyer in Phil. Trans. XXIII. 1168 Thysselinum is Bitter, Ingrate and Acrid. |
† 2. Not of pleasant or friendly disposition; unfriendly. Obs.
| 1393 Langl. P. Pl. C. xx. 219 Be ingrat [1377 B. xvii. 253 ingratus, v. rr. ingratis, ingrat] to þy kynde, The holygost huyreþ þe nat ne helpeth þe. 1547 J. Harrison Exhort. Scottes B iv b, The Britaynes..beeyng..ingrate eche to other..wer..ouercome with outwarde inuasions. 1563 Mirr. Mag., Somerset ii, To whom Fortune was ever more ingrate. |
3. Not feeling or showing gratitude; ungrateful, unthankful. arch.
| [1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. xiv. 169 Of þe good þat þow hem gyuest ingrati ben manye.] 1528 Gardiner in Pocock Rec. Ref. I. 132 As though he had been the most ingrate man. 1533 Elyot Cast. Helthe (1539) 68 b, Thou shalt al day fynde the chylderne ingrate to their parentes. 1549 Compl. Scot. i. 20 To spulȝe al them that ar ingrate of the benefecis of gode. 1567 Gude & Godlie B. (S.T.S.) 154 O man, quhome I creat, Quhy art thou sa ingrait? 1627–47 Feltham Resolves i. xvii. 58 Why should a diswonted unkindnesse make me ingrate for wonted benefits? 1644 Bp. Maxwell Prerog. Chr. Kings Ded. 12, I were the ingratest of Christians if I did not acknowledge it. 1676 Hobbes Iliad viii. 618 Must we unto our friends be so ingrate? 1706 Ld. Lansdowne Brit. Enchant. ii. i. (R.), See whom you fled, inhuman and ingrate. 1813 Scott Rokeby iii. xxiii, Ingrate in life, in death ingrate. 1865 Carlyle Fredk. Gt. xviii. x. (1872) VII. 286 Schaffgotsch proved signally traitorous and ingrate. |
B. n. An ungrateful person; one who does not feel or show gratitude.
| 1672 Villiers (Dk. Buckhm.) Rehearsal i. (Arb.) 41 Let 'em live in ignorance like ingrates. 1775 Sheridan Rivals iv. ii, Your treachery and deceit, you base ingrate. 1797 Nelson 8 Sept. in Nicolas Disp. (1845) II. 442, I should be an ingrate was I not on every occasion to support his honour and glory at all personal risk. 1843 Lytton Last of Barons ii. ii, The Neviles are more famous for making ingrates than asking favours. 1892 Newman Smyth Chr. Ethics i. iii. 189 The prodigal comes to himself as an ingrate who has left his Father's house. |
▪ II. † inˈgrate, v. Obs.
Also en-.
[f. in-2, en-1 + grate v.1 (sense 4).]
a. trans. To treat harshly, oppress, harass. b. intr. To be harsh or oppressive. Hence inˈgrating vbl. n. and ppl. a.
| 1599 Nashe Lenten Stuffe 26 Other engrating vpland cormorants will grunt out it is Grana paradisi. 1600 W. Watson Decacordon (1602) 214 To ingrate thus iniuriously both vpon her Maiesties officers and the secular priests as the Iesuites doe. 1600 Surflet Countrie Farme i. vii. 31 To be much exacting and ingrating vpon your farmer, doth oftentimes make him..a meere negligent. 1613 R. Cawdrey Table Alph. (ed. 3), Engrate, presse vpon. 1628 Gaule Pract. The. (1629) 344 He would not long suffer her Ingratings. 1629 ― Holy Madn. 410 Whom he hath..ingrated, spoyled, cheated. |