Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ungracious"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ungracious
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}]
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