ungiving
Won't part with
Ungiving describes someone who is unwilling to share, give, or yield—whether materially, emotionally, or in terms of flexibility.
An ungiving person may be stingy with money, withholding with affection, or rigid in their positions: Her ungiving nature made intimacy difficult.
The word can also describe physical qualities that resist pressure: the ungiving surface of concrete.
Excessively reluctant to spend
- tightfistedUnwilling to spend freely
- parsimoniousExcessively unwilling to spend
- niggardlyExtremely reluctant to spend
- penuriousExcessively frugal or poor
cheapskate · pinching · close · mean · scrimping · penny-pinching · grudging · ungenerous
Lacking sympathy or pity
- callousCruelly insensitive to others
- heartlessLacking pity or mercy
- unfeelingWithout compassion or emotion
- pitilessLacking any compassion
merciless · cruel · unsympathetic · indifferent · stony · cold · uncompassionate · unempathetic
Preoccupied with oneself
- greedyExcessively wanting more
- egotisticalExcessively self-centered
- narcissisticObsessed with one's image
- self-servingBenefiting oneself primarily
possessive · me-first · self-absorbed · grasping · calculating · exploitative · self-interested · taking
Refusing to change position
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- inflexibleUnable to bend
- stiffNot easily bent
- uncompromisingRefusing to yield ground
obstinate · immovable · firm · hard · unrelenting · adamant · intractable · stubborn
miserly
Excessively reluctant to spend
- tightfistedUnwilling to spend freely
- parsimoniousExcessively unwilling to spend
- niggardlyExtremely reluctant to spend
penurious · cheapskate · pinching · close · mean · scrimping · penny-pinching · grudging · ungenerous · withholding
hardhearted
Lacking sympathy or pity
- callousCruelly insensitive to others
- heartlessLacking pity or mercy
- unfeelingWithout compassion or emotion
pitiless · merciless · cruel · unsympathetic · indifferent · stony · cold · uncompassionate · unempathetic · insensitive
self-centered
Preoccupied with oneself
- greedyExcessively wanting more
- egotisticalExcessively self-centered
- narcissisticObsessed with one's image
self-serving · possessive · me-first · self-absorbed · grasping · calculating · exploitative · self-interested · taking · unsharing
unbending
Refusing to change position
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- inflexibleUnable to bend
- stiffNot easily bent
uncompromising · obstinate · immovable · firm · hard · unrelenting · adamant · intractable · stubborn · relentless
ungivinggenerous
Willing to give freely
giving · charitable · munificent · bountiful · openhanded
ungivingwarm
Moderately heated, or friendly
affectionate · openhearted · emotionally available · loving · nurturing
give, given, giving, forgive, forgiveness, forgiving, giver, forgiven, unforgiving