ungenerous

Questions about ungenerous

What does ungenerous mean?

ungenerous means "lacking in magnanimity". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ungenerous?

ungenerous has 4 syllables and divides as un-ge-ne-rous under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for ungenerous?

Close synonyms include meanspirited, stingy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of ungenerous?

The recorded antonyms are generous.

Is ungenerous a common word?

ungenerous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.