Ungenerous

Quick meaning: Ungenerous is an adjective meaning Not generous; stingy.

Meaning

Not generous; stingy.

Example Sentences

Moreover, it were ungenerous, having bred thee up freakish and fiery, to dismiss thee to want or wandering, for shewing that very peevishness and impatience of discipline which arose from thy too delicate nurture.

"I have every reason in the world to think ill of you. No motive can excuse the unjust and ungenerous part you acted there. You dare not, you cannot deny that you have been the principal, if not the only means of dividing them from each other, of exposing one to the censure of the world for caprice and instability, and the other to its derision for disappointed hopes, and involving them both in misery of the acutest kind."

Synonyms for ungenerous

Depending on context, synonyms include close, meager, penurious, little, miserly, tight.

Antonyms for ungenerous

Common opposites include generous.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include penurious, closefisted, tightfisted, cheeseparing, stingy, mingy.

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