ungracious

un·gra·cious

adj \-ˈgrā-shəs\

Definition of UNGRACIOUS

1

archaic : wicked

2

: not courteous : rude <ungracious treatment>

3

: not pleasing : disagreeable <an ungracious task>

— un·gra·cious·ly adverb

— un·gra·cious·ness noun

Examples of UNGRACIOUS

1. There's no need to be ungracious about it.
2. <we were taken aback by our aunt's ungracious reply to the invitation we had sent her>

First Known Use of UNGRACIOUS

13th century

Related to UNGRACIOUS

Synonyms: discourteous, disrespectful, ill-bred, ill-mannered, impertinent, inconsiderate, rude, thoughtless, uncalled-for, uncivil, impolite, unhandsome, unmannered, unmannerly

Antonyms: civil, considerate, courteous, genteel, gracious, mannerly, polite, thoughtful, well-bred

Related Words: arch, audacious, bold, bold-faced, brash, brassy, brazen, cheeky, fresh, impudent, insolent, lippy, sassy, saucy, shameless; boorish, caddish, churlish, clownish, loutish, uncouth, vulgar; abrupt, blunt, brusque (also brusk), crusty, curt, gruff, sharp, snippety, snippy; antisocial, crabbed, cross, disagreeable, grumpy, sullen, surly; improper, incorrect, indecent, indecorous, unseemly; arrogant, bumptious, conceited, haughty, high-handed, imperious, peremptory, pompous, presumptuous, pretentious, supercilious, superior

Near Antonyms: humble, meek, modest, unassertive; deferential, dutiful, respectful, submissive, yielding; acceptable, appropriate, becoming, befitting, correct, decent, decorous, fit, fitting, good, meet, proper, respectable, right, seemly, suitable; affable, cordial, friendly, genial, hospitable, sociable; felicitous, graceful; chivalrous, courtly, gallant; ceremonious; elegant, refined

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Rhymes with UNGRACIOUS

audacious, bodacious, capacious, cetaceous, crustaceous, curvaceous, drupaceous, edacious, fallacious, flirtatious, fugacious, hellacious, herbaceous, loquacious, mendacious, micaceous, pomaceous, predaceous, pugnacious, rapacious, rosaceous, sagacious, salacious, sebaceous, sequacious, setaceous, tenacious, testaceous, tufaceous, veracious, vinaceous, voracious