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单词 uncharitableness
释义

uncharitable

adjective

un·​char·​i·​ta·​ble ˌən-ˈcha-rə-tə-bəl How to pronounce uncharitable (audio)
: lacking in charity : severe in judging : harsh
uncharitable comments
uncharitableness noun
uncharitably
ˌən-ˈcha-rə-tə-blē How to pronounce uncharitable (audio)
adverb

Synonyms

  • cheap
  • chintzy
  • close
  • closefisted
  • mean
  • mingy
  • miserly
  • niggard
  • niggardly
  • parsimonious
  • penny-pinching
  • penurious
  • pinching
  • pinchpenny
  • spare
  • sparing
  • stingy
  • stinting
  • tight
  • tightfisted
  • ungenerous
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Example Sentences

an uncharitable couple who wouldn't even donate food to needy families at Thanksgiving an uncharitable attitude towards people who give in to alcohol or other temptations
Recent Examples on the Web Patrick, Stripe’s 33-year-old CEO, has interrupted his honeymoon to write a memo to the entire company (later shared publicly) warning that such scrutiny—and uncharitable interpretations of Stripe’s motives—will only increase over time. Alex Konrad, Forbes, 26 May 2022 Even so, Kai has nothing uncharitable to say about him. William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 23 May 2022 At the time of the film’s release, though, the critical consensus was rather myopic and uncharitable. Rachel Handler, Vulture, 7 Dec. 2021 In consideration of its effects on Lucas’ brother, however, the abuse parallel falls flat while the heritability of trauma angle (if that’s the interpretation) feels uncharitable to victims of trauma. Jeff Ewing, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2021 Another, more generous reading is that Chuntao’s uncharitable vision of Rose flows in part from her own anger at how receiving a kidney robbed her of the social status granted to the terminally ill. Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2021 The late critic Eileen Battersby took a different approach in a remarkably uncharitable review of McGregor’s first novel for the Irish Times. Christopher Tayler, Harper's Magazine, 17 Aug. 2021 The country’s uncharitable refugee policy remains in place despite the cratering of Japan’s workforce and the fact that millions of homes and other buildings in Japan lie abandoned. Tim Hornyak/tokyo, Time, 5 Aug. 2021 Further, those speeches that throw faculty under the bus are performative, petulant, and uncharitable. Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 9 July 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

uncharitableness

noun

as in mercilessness

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • mercilessness
  • vindictiveness
  • hard-heartedness
  • ruthlessness
  • cruelty
  • pitilessness
  • retaliation
  • retribution
  • virulence
  • hatred
  • vengeance
  • revenge
  • barbarity
  • savagery
  • malice
  • sadism
  • spitefulness
  • viciousness
  • malignity
  • savageness
  • vitriol
  • truculence
  • meanness
  • punishment
  • malevolence
  • reprisal
  • violence
  • brutality
  • wantonness
  • maliciousness
  • venom
  • spite
  • jealousy
  • animosity
  • enmity
  • castigation
  • detestation
  • abhorrence
  • chastisement
  • scolding
  • hostility
  • loathing
  • antagonism
  • malignancy
  • hate
  • antipathy
  • requital
  • abomination
  • atrocity
  • rancor
  • resentment
  • bile
  • execration
  • spleen
  • discipline
  • nastiness
  • jaundice
  • bitterness
  • pique
  • cattiness
  • gall
  • grudge

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • forbearance
  • mercy
  • charity
  • clemency
  • leniency
  • quarter
  • mercifulness
  • lenity
  • humanitarianism
  • philanthropy
  • lenience
  • sympathy
  • understanding
  • pity
  • empathy
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