Meaning of GENEROUS
| Pronunciation: | | 'jenurus
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- [adj] more than adequate; "a generous portion"
- [adj] willing to give and share unstintingly; "a generous donation"
- [adj] not petty in character and mind; "unusually generous in his judgment of people"
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| | Synonyms: | | ample, benevolent, big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, freehearted, giving, handsome, kind, large, lavish, liberal, magnanimous, munificent, openhanded, overgenerous, prodigal, too-generous, ungrudging, unselfish, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting |
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| | Antonyms: | | meanspirited, stingy, ungenerous | | |
| | See Also: | | charitable, generous | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Gen"er*ous\, a. [F. g['e]n['e]reux, fr. L. generous of
noble birth, noble, excellent, magnanimous, fr. genus birth,
race: cf. It. generoso. See 2d {Gender}.]
1. Of honorable birth or origin; highborn. [Obs.]
The generous and gravest citizens. --Shak.
2. Exhibiting those qualities which are popularly reregarded
as belonging to high birth; noble; honorable; magnanimous;
spirited; courageous. ``The generous critic.'' --Pope.
``His generous spouse.'' --Pope. ``A generous pack [of
hounds].'' --Addison.
3. Open-handed; free to give; not close or niggardly;
munificent; as, a generous friend or father.
4. Characterized by generosity; abundant; overflowing; as, a
generous table. --Swift.
5. Full of spirit or strength; stimulating; exalting; as,
generous wine.
Syn: Magnanimous; bountiful. See {Liberal}. --
{Gen"er*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Gen"er*ous*ness}, n.
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