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ingratefull

ingratefull is the obsolete form of ingrateful.

Meaning of ingrateful

Adjective

ingrateful (comparative more ingrateful, superlative most ingrateful)

  1. (obsolete) ungrateful; not grateful
    • Ingrateful Eve1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost
  2. (obsolete) unpleasing to the sense; distasteful
    • Therefore what he gives / (Whose praise be ever sung) to man in part / Spiritual, may of purest Spirits be found / No ingrateful food1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost

Forms of ingratefull

comparativemore ingratefull
superlativemost ingratefull

Questions about ingratefull

What is ingratefull the obsolete form of?
Ingratefull is the obsolete form of ingrateful.

Words near ingratefull in the dictionary

  1. ingrappling
  2. Ingrassia
  3. Ingrassias
  4. ingrate
  5. ingrateful
  6. ingratefull
  7. ingratefully
  8. ingratefulness
  9. ingrately
  10. ingrates
  11. ingratiate

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