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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
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