English adjective: ungenerous | |||
1. | ungenerous lacking in magnanimity | ||
Samples | It seems ungenerous to end this review of a splendid work of scholarship on a critical note. A meanspirited man unwilling to forgive. | ||
Synonyms | meanspirited | ||
See also | stingy, ungenerous | ||
Antonyms | generous | ||
2. | ungenerous unwilling to spend | ||
Samples | She practices economy without being stingy. An ungenerous response to the appeal for funds. | ||
Synonyms | stingy | ||
Similar | beggarly, cheap, cheeseparing, chinchy, chintzy, close, closefisted, grudging, hardfisted, mean, mean, mingy, miserly, near, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, scrimy, skinny, tight, tightfisted | ||
See also | meanspirited, selfish, uncharitable, ungenerous | ||
Attribute | generosity, generousness | ||
Antonyms | generous | ||