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Ungracious definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNGRA'CIOUS, a.
1. Wicked; odious; hateful.
2. Offensive; unpleasing; as ungracious manners.
3. Unacceptable; not well received; not favored.
Any thing of grace towards the Irish rebels was as ungracious at Oxford as at London.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: lacking charm and good taste; "an ungracious industrial city"; "this curt summary is not meant to be ungracious"; "ungracious behavior" [ant: gracious]
2: lacking social graces [syn: discourteous, ungracious]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 13th century 1. archaic wicked 2. not courteous ; rude <ungracious treatment> 3. not pleasing ; disagreeable <an ungracious task> • ungraciously adverb • ungraciousness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 not kindly or courteous; unkind. 2 unattractive. Derivatives: ungraciously adv. ungraciousness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ungracious Un*gra"cious, a. 1. Not gracious; showing no grace or kindness; being without good will; unfeeling. --Shak. 2. Having no grace; graceless; wicked. [Obs.] --Shak. 3. Not well received; offensive; unpleasing; unacceptable; not favored. Anything of grace toward the Irish rebels was as ungracious at Oxford as at London. --Clarendon. -- Un*gra"cious*ly, adv. -- Un*gra"cious*ness, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you describe a person or their behaviour as ungracious, you mean that they are not polite or friendly in their speech or behaviour. (FORMAL) ...his ungracious behaviour during the Queen's recent visit... I was often rude and ungracious in refusing help. = discourteous ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Uncivil, unkind, impolite, rude, rough, unfriendly, disobliging, churlish, unamiable. 2. Unpleasing, disagreeable, ungrateful, offensive, unacceptable, unpleasant, thankless.

Moby Thesaurus

abrupt, bluff, brusque, churlish, closed, disagreeable, discourteous, disrespectful, gauche, gruff, ill, ill-bred, impolite, inaffable, inhospitable, insolent, overbearing, rude, surly, unaccommodating, unaffectionate, unamiable, unbenign, unbenignant, unceremonious, uncivil, uncompassionate, uncompassioned, uncomplaisant, uncordial, uncourteous, uncourtly, unfriendly, ungallant, ungenial, ungentlemanly, unhospitable, unkind, unkindly, unladylike, unloving, unmannerly, unneighborly, unpolite, unreceptive, unsympathetic, unsympathizing