Dictionary Definition
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"
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Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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, unphilanthropic