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ungrating

ungrating adjective: not grating.

Adjective

ungrating (comparative more ungrating, superlative most ungrating)

  1. Not grating.
    • His voice, after Li's guttural speech, was surprisingly soft and ungrating.1956, Robert Shaplen, A Forest of Tigers, page 195

Forms of ungrating

comparativemore ungrating
superlativemost ungrating

Origin of ungrating

From un- + grating.

Questions about ungrating

What does ungrating mean?
Ungrating means not grating.
What part of speech is ungrating?
Ungrating is an adjective.

Words near ungrating in the dictionary

  1. ungratefuls
  2. ungratifiable
  3. ungratified
  4. ungratifying
  5. ungratifyingly
  6. ungrating
  7. ungratuitous
  8. ungrave
  9. ungraved
  10. ungraveled
  11. ungravelled

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