Ungracious

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ungracious
       adj 1: lacking charm and good taste; "an ungracious industrial
              city"; "this curt summary is not meant to be
              ungracious"; "ungracious behavior" [ant: {gracious}]
       2: lacking social graces [syn: {discourteous}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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