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ungenerous
| ungenerously
| ungenitured
| ungentle
| ungentlemanlike
| ungentlemanly
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ungenerous
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective ungenerous has 2 senses
- ungenerous(a = adj.all) meanspirited - lacking in magnanimity; "it seems ungenerous to end this review of a splendid work of scholarship on a critical note"; "a meanspirited man unwilling to forgive" Antonym: generous
- ungenerous(a = adj.all) stingy - unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"
CIDE DICTIONARY
ungenerous, a.
Not generous; illiberal; ignoble; unkind; dishonorable. [1913 Webster]
"The victor never will impose on Cato
Ungenerous terms." [1913 Webster]
Ungenerous terms." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ungenerous, adj. not generous; mean.
Derivative
ungenerously adv. ungenerousness n.
THESAURUS
ungenerous
authoritarian, avaricious, bigot, bigoted, borne, cheap, close, closed, closefisted, constricted, cramped, creedbound, deaf, deaf to reason, fanatical, hardfisted, hidebound, illiberal, inconsequent, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insular, little, little-minded, mean, mean-minded, mean-spirited, mingy, miserly, narrow, narrow-hearted, narrow-minded, narrow-souled, narrow-spirited, near, nearsighted, niggardly, paltry, parochial, parsimonious, peanut, penny-pinching, penurious, petty, picayune, pinchfisted, pinching, provincial, puny, purblind, save-all, shortsighted, small, small-minded, stingy, straitlaced, stuffy, tight, tightfisted, trifling, unaltruistic, unbeneficent, unbenevolent, uncatholic, uncharitable, unchivalrous, ungiving, unliberal, unphilanthropicROGET THESAURUS
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Parsimony
N parsimony, parcity, parsimoniousness, stinginess, stint, illiberality, tenacity, avarice, greed, miser, niggard, churl, screw, skinflint, crib, codger, muckworm, scrimp, lickpenny, hunks, curmudgeon, Harpagon, harpy, extortioner, Jew, usurer, Hessian, pinch fist, pinch penny, parsimonious, penurious, stingy, miserly, mean, shabby, peddling, scrubby, penny wise, near, niggardly, close, fast handed, close handed, strait handed, close fisted, hard fisted, tight fisted, tight, sparing, chary, grudging, griping, illiberal, ungenerous, churlish, hidebound, sordid, mercenary, venal, covetous, usurious, avaricious, greedy, extortionate, rapacious, with a sparing hand, desunt inopioe multa avaritiae omnia, hoards after hoards his rising raptures fill, the unsunn'd heaps of miser's treasures.Selfishness
N selfishness, self-love, self-indulgence, self-worship, self-interest, egotism, egoism, amour propre, nepotism, worldliness, world wisdom, illiberality, meanness, time-pleaser, time-server, tuft- hunter, fortune-hunter, jobber, worldling, egotist, egoist, monopolist, nepotist, dog in the manger, charity that begins at home, canis in praesepi, foes to nobleness, temporizer, trimmer, selfish, self-seeking, self-indulgent, self-interested, self- centered, wrapped up in self, wrapt up in self, centered in self, egotistic, egotistical, egoistical, illiberal, mean, ungenerous, narrow-minded, mercenary, venal, covetous, unspiritual, earthly, earthly-minded, mundane, worldly, worldly- minded, worldly-wise, timeserving, interested, alieni appetens sui profusus, ungenerously, to gain some private ends, from interested motives, apres nous le deluge.
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