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ungenerous

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Synonyms & Antonyms of ungenerous

giving or sharing as little as possible

it is ungenerous for someone of his ample means not to provide more for the care of his aging parents

Synonyms for ungenerous

cheap,
chintzy,
close,
closefisted,
mean,
mingy,
miserly,
niggard,
niggardly,
parsimonious,
penny-pinching,
penurious,
pinching,
pinchpenny,
spare,
sparing,
stingy,
stinting,
tight,
tightfisted,
uncharitable

Words Related to ungenerous

careful,
chary,
conserving,
economical,
economizing,
frugal,
saving,
scrimping,
skimping,
thrifty

acquisitive,
avaricious,
avid,
coveting,
covetous,
desirous,
grasping,
greedy,
hoggish,
itchy,
mercenary,
rapacious,
selfish,
shabby,
small,
sordid

begrudging,
envious,
grudging,
resentful

inhospitable

Near Antonyms for ungenerous

altruistic,
selfless,
unselfish

extravagant,
free,
handsome,
lavish,
overgenerous,
profuse

beneficent,
benevolent,
hospitable,
humanitarian,
philanthropic
(also philanthropical)

compassionate,
good-hearted,
greathearted,
kindly,
magnanimous,
openhearted

thriftless,
unthrifty

dissipating,
frittering,
prodigal,
profligate,
spendthrift,
splurging,
squandering,
wasteful,
wasting

Antonyms for ungenerous

bounteous,
bountiful,
charitable,
freehanded,
generous,
liberal,
munificent,
openhanded,
unsparing,
unstinting

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“Ungenerous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ungenerous. Accessed 28 Sep. 2021.

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The first known use of ungenerous was in 1641

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