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uncongratulating

uncongratulating adjective: not offering congratulations.

Adjective

uncongratulating (not comparable)

  1. Not offering congratulations.
    • By the obscurity of a twinkling lamp, and amidst a handful of despised outcasts, already marked out and consigned to death, and in the uncongratulating silence of the midnight hour, the mighty step was accomplished.1824, Felix Fontaine, The Christian Martyr: A Tale of the First Century for Youth, page 217

Origin of uncongratulating

From un- + congratulating.

Questions about uncongratulating

What does uncongratulating mean?
Uncongratulating means not offering congratulations.
What part of speech is uncongratulating?
Uncongratulating is an adjective.

Words near uncongratulating in the dictionary

  1. uncongenialness
  2. uncongested
  3. unconglomerated
  4. unconglutinated
  5. uncongratulated
  6. uncongratulating
  7. uncongratulatory
  8. uncongregated
  9. uncongregational
  10. uncongressed
  11. uncongressional

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