Meaning of UNGENEROUS
| Pronunciation: | | un'jenurus
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- [adj] lacking in largess; "an ungenerous response to an appeal for funds"
- [adj] not generous; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"
- [adj] lacking in magnanimity; "it seems ungenerous to end this review of a splendid work of scholarship on a critical note"- Times Litt. Sup.; "a meanspirited man unwilling to forgive"
- [adj] selfishly unwilling to share with others
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| | Synonyms: | | beggarly, cheap, cheeseparing, chinchy, chintzy, close, closefisted, grudging, hardfisted, meager, mean, mingy, miserly, near, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, scrimpy, scrimy, stingy, tight, tightfisted, uncharitable, unforgiving |
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| | Antonyms: | | generous | | |
| | See Also: | | meanspirited, selfish, ungenerous | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Un*gen"er*ous\, a.
Not generous; illiberal; ignoble; unkind; dishonorable.
The victor never will impose on Cato Ungenerous terms.
--Addison.
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