Ungracious \Un*gra"cious\, a.
1. Not gracious; showing no grace or kindness; being without
good will; unfeeling. --Shak.
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2. Having no grace; graceless; wicked. [Obs.]
--Shak.
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3. Not well received; offensive; unpleasing; unacceptable;
not favored.
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Anything of grace toward the Irish rebels was as
ungracious at Oxford as at London. --Clarendon.
[1913 Webster] -- Un*gra"cious*ly, adv. --
Un*gra"cious*ness, n.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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47 Moby Thesaurus words for "ungracious":
abrupt, bluff, brusque, churlish, closed, disagreeable,
discourteous, disrespectful, gauche, gruff, ill, ill-bred,
impolite, inaffable, inhospitable, insolent, overbearing, rude,
surly, unaccommodating, unaffectionate, unamiable, unbenign,
unbenignant, unceremonious, uncivil, uncompassionate,
uncompassioned, uncomplaisant, uncordial, uncourteous, uncourtly,
unfriendly, ungallant, ungenial, ungentlemanly, unhospitable,
unkind, unkindly, unladylike, unloving, unmannerly, unneighborly,
unpolite, unreceptive, unsympathetic, unsympathizing
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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