ungracious - definition of ungracious - synonyms, pronunciation, spelling from Free Dictionary

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lacking charm and good taste“an ungracious industrial city”“this curt summary is not meant to be ungracious”“ungracious behavior”Opposite graciousSimilar churlish, gracelessSee also unrefined
lacking social gracesSynonyms: discourteousOpposite politeSimilar impolite

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Un·gra′cious adjective

1. Not gracious; showing no grace or kindness; being without good will; unfeeling. William Shakespeare

2. Having no grace; graceless; wicked. obsolete William Shakespeare

3. Not well received; offensive; unpleasing; unacceptable; not favored.

Anything of grace toward the Irish rebels was as ungracious at Oxford as at London.— Edward Hyde, first earl of Clarendon

— Un·gra′wb-a1′>′cious·ly, adverb — Un·gra′wb-a1′>′cious·ness, noun

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54