UNGRACIOUS


Meaning of UNGRACIOUS in English

“+ adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from un- (I) + gracious

1. archaic : lacking in spiritual grace : profane , wicked

take heed of … converse with lewd, profane and ungracious company — Joseph Mede

2.

a. obsolete : exhibiting bad breeding : boorish , crude

ungracious wretch, fit for the mountains … where manners ne'er were preached — Shakespeare

b. : showing bad taste or lack of courtesy : surly

it seems ungracious to insist upon the futility of so much earnest … effort, prompted by motives which are so splendid — Norman Angell

this curt summary is not meant to be ungracious — B.R.Redman

3.

a. : lacking in attraction : uncongenial

urban life tends to put an ungracious stamp upon the human face — Irwin Shaw

b. : disagreeable , thankless

it would be an ungracious task to catalog them — M.R.Cohen

Synonyms: see rude

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.