| Main Entry: | ungenerous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not generous |
Synonyms: |
close, grudging, harsh, illiberal, mean, miserly, narrow, petty, selfish, shabby, small, sordid, stingy, uncharitable |
Antonyms: |
generous |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stingy |
Synonyms: |
chintzy, closefisted, illiberal, mean, mingy, miserly, narrow, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, skimpy, skinflint, tight, tight-fisted, ungenerous |
Antonyms: |
generous, giving |
| Main Entry: | inhospitable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfriendly |
Synonyms: |
brusque, cold, cool, hostile, rude, short, uncongenial, unfavorable, ungenerous, unkind, unreceptive, unsociable, unwelcoming |
Antonyms: |
friendly, generous, hospitable, kind |
| Main Entry: | measly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | skimpy |
Synonyms: |
beggarly, contemptible, insignificant, meager, mean, miserable, miserly, niggling, paltry, pathetic, petty, picayune, piddling, pitiful, poor, puny, scanty, stingy, trifling, trivial, ungenerous, unimportant, valueless, worthless |
Antonyms: |
abundant, plenty, proficient, satisfactory, sufficient |
| Main Entry: | miserly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | greedy, stingy |
Synonyms: |
abject, avaricious, beggarly, cheapskate, churlish, close, close-fisted, covetous, grasping, ignoble, illiberal, mean, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, skinflint, sordid, tightfisted, ungenerous |
Antonyms: |
generous, giving, liberal |
| Main Entry: | narrow |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cheap, stingy |
Synonyms: |
avaricious, close, mean, mercenary, scrimpy, tight*, ungenerous |
Antonyms: |
generous, spendthrift, wasting |
| Main Entry: | penurious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stingy |
Synonyms: |
avaricious, cheap, chintzy, close-fisted, costive, curmudgeonly, economical, frugal, greedy, hoarding, miserly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, pennywise, pinchpenny, saving, scrimping, sparing, thrifty, tightfisted, uncharitable, ungenerous, ungiving |
| Main Entry: | selfish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thinking only of oneself |
Synonyms: |
egocentric, egoistic, egoistical, egomaniacal, egotistic, egotistical, greedy*, hoggish, mean, mercenary, miserly, narcissistic, narrow, narrow-minded, out for number one, parsimonious, prejudiced, self-centered, self-indulgent, self-interested, self-seeking, stingy, ungenerous, wrapped up in oneself |
Antonyms: |
caring, kind, unselfish |
| Main Entry: | sordid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dirty, bad, low |
Synonyms: |
abject, avaricious, base, black, calculated, corrupt, covetous, debauched, degenerate, degraded, despicable, disreputable, dowdy, filthy, foul, grasping, grubby, ignoble, impure, low-down, mean, mercenary, miserable, miserly, nasty, poor, scurvy, seedy, self-seeking, selfish, servile, shabby, shameful, sleazy, slovenly, slum, slummy, small, small-minded, squalid, unclean, uncleanly, ungenerous, venal, vicious, vile, wretched |
Antonyms: |
good, honorable, reputable, wonderful |
| Main Entry: | sour |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in a bad mood |
Synonyms: |
acid, acrid, acrimonious, bitter, churlish, crabby, cynical, disagreeable, discontented, displeasing, embittered, grouchy, grudging, ill-natured, ill-tempered, irritable, jaundiced, on edge, peevish, rotten, tart, ungenerous, unhappy, unpleasant, waspish |
Antonyms: |
cheerful, cordial, friendly, happy |