ingrateful adjective2 •(no longer used) ungrateful; not grateful[…] under change of times, / And condemnation of the ingrateful multitude. — 1671 •(no longer used) unpleasing to the sense; distastefulTherefore what he gives / (Whose praise be ever sung) to man in part / Spiritual, may of purest Spirits be found / No ingrateful food — 1667 formsmore ingrateful · most ingrateful