“+ 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