uncongratulating

adjective

Not offering congratulations.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

adjectiveuncongratulating (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot offering congratulations.

    By the obscurity of a twinkling lamp, and amidst a handful of despised outcasts, already marked out and consigned to death, and in the uncongratulating silence of the midnight hour, the mighty step was accomplished.

    1824, Felix Fontaine, The Christian Martyr: A Tale of the First Century for Youth, page 217

Origin

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APA

uncongratulating. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncongratulating

MLA

“uncongratulating.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncongratulating. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncongratulating,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncongratulating.

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