not generous, penny-pinching, selfish
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Ungenerous Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Not generous; illiberal; ignoble; unkind; dishonorable.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutNot generous; illiberal; ignoble; unkind; dishonorable.
ungenerous
\un*gen"er*ous\ (?), a. not generous; illiberal; ignoble; unkind; dishonorable. the victor never will impose on cato ungenerous terms.
ungenerous
adj
1. 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" [syn: meanspirited]
[ant: generous]
2. not generous; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds" [syn: stingy]
[ant: generous]
3. selfishly unwilling to share with others [syn: stingy]
4. lacking in largess; "an ungenerous response to an appeal for funds"
Adjective
1. 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"
(synonym) meanspirited
(antonym) generous
(similar) grudging
(see-also) stingy
2. not generous; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"
(synonym) stingy
(similar) beggarly, mean
(see-also) selfish
(attribute) generosity, generousness
3. selfishly unwilling to share with others
(synonym) stingy
(similar) selfish
4. lacking in largess; "an ungenerous response to an appeal for funds"
(similar) uncharitable
