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ungraciousness

ungraciousness noun: the state or quality of being ungracious.

Noun

ungraciousness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being ungracious.
    • For (I am sorry to say it) when one turns one’s Eyes to the bad Precedents given by the Heads of some Families, it is hardly to be wonder’d at, that there is so little Virtue and Religion among Men. For can those Parents be surpris’d at the Ungraciousness of their Children, who hardly ever shew...1742, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter 52”, in Pamela; Or, Virtue Rewarded. […], 3rd edition, volume IV, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; and sold by J. Osborn, […]; and J[ohn] Rivington, […], →OCLC...
    • Her mother’s ungraciousness, made the sense of what they owed him more painful to Elizabeth’s mind; and she would, at times, have given any thing to be privileged to tell him, that his kindness was neither unknown nor unfelt by the whole of the family.1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter 12, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC

Synonyms of ungraciousness

Origin of ungraciousness

From ungracious + -ness.

Questions about ungraciousness

What does ungraciousness mean?
Ungraciousness means the state or quality of being ungracious.
What part of speech is ungraciousness?
Ungraciousness is a noun.

Words near ungraciousness in the dictionary

  1. ungracefulness
  2. ungraces
  3. ungracing
  4. ungracious
  5. ungraciously
  6. ungraciousness
  7. ungradable
  8. ungradated
  9. ungraded
  10. ungradedness
  11. ungradual

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