Ungracious (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Lacking charm and good taste; "an ungracious industrial city"; "this curt summary is not meant to be ungracious"; "ungracious behavior".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The once-beautiful mansion had fallen into disrepair and now presented an ungracious façade to the street.
- The small, cramped, and ungracious airport lounge was a disappointment to weary travelers.
- The tourists found the ungracious locals to be a marked contrast to the friendly and welcoming people they had met in other parts of the country.
- The wealthy donor's ungracious behavior at the charity gala shocked the other guests.
- The museum's new, ungracious policy of charging high admission fees to non-members has drawn criticism from the public.