UNGENEROUS
ADJECTIVES
► CHEAP mean, ungenerous → 1904 US sl.
► CHINCHY miserly, stingy; ungenerous, mean → 1406 US colloq.
► CLUB-FISTED unwilling to give or to assist others; ungenerous, stingy; close-fisted → 1592 obs.
► COLD AS A BAY STREET BANKER’S HEART very ungenerous, or very cold → 1987 Can. sl.
► HALF-HEARTED wanting in true affection, ungenerous, unkind → 1864 obs.
► MEAN AS CATSHIT AND TWICE AS NASTY extremely ungenerous → 1930s sl.
► MEAN AS PIGSHIT AND TWICE AS NASTY extremely ungenerous → 1930s sl.
► MINGY mean, ungenerous, stingy → 1911 Brit. sl.
► NARROW-CONTRACTED narrow-minded; stingy, mean, ungenerous → 1909 Amer. dial.
► NARROW-GUTTED stingy, mean, ungenerous → 1903 Amer. dial.
► NARROW-HEARTED mean, ungenerous, ignoble → c1200
► NARROW-SOULED lacking in breadth of view or feeling; ungenerous, mean, stingy, parsimonious → 1641
► NARROW-SPIRITED mean-spirited, wanting in generous or liberal feelings → 1679
► SCOURIE ► SCOURY mean, ungenerous, shabby, niggardly → 1808 Sc.
► TIGHT mean, ungenerous → 1805 sl.
PHRASES
► HE WON’T GIVE A BEAN FOR A PEA he is very ungenerous or churlish → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SMALL POTATOES AND FEW IN A HILL said of a person lacking generosity and breadth of mind → 1914 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
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