UNGRACIOUS

discourteous, ungracious

(adjective) lacking social graces

ungracious

(adjective) lacking charm and good taste; “an ungracious industrial city”; “this curt summary is not meant to be ungracious”; “ungracious behavior”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

ungracious (comparative more ungracious, superlative most ungracious)

Not gracious; unkind or cold-hearted.

Source: Wiktionary


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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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FENESTRATION

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