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   ungiving

   /ʌnˈɡɪvɪŋ/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person) cold or stubborn towards other people: "a crusty, ungiving, authoritarian father"
   • 2. (of a substance or material) not pliable; stiff: "I was wearing a new dress of taffeta that felt slippery and ungiving against my body"

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   What does ungive mean in English?

   • ungive (third-person singular simple present ungives, present participle ungiving, simple past ungave, past participle ungiven) ( transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To yield; relax; slacken; give way; loosen. ( intransitive, UK dialectal) To melt; thaw. ( transitive) To take back something that had been given. "Impossible," Vail said.

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   What is another word for ungiving?

   • She was tired, but with weak patience, victoriously ungiving, she held out against life. On this page you'll find 166 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to ungiving, such as: hard-core, militant, staunch, uncompromising, unyielding, and adamant. From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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   What does unglove mean?

   • Blossom Word Game Pick the best words! Spelling Bee Quiz Can you outdo past winners of the National Spelli... The meaning of UNGLOVE is to uncover by or as if by removing a glove. How to use unglove in a sentence.

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   When was ungiving first used?

   • The earliest known use of the adjective ungiving is in the late 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for ungiving is from 1682, in the writing of John Dryden, poet, playwright, and critic. ungiving is formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, giving adj.

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   The meaning of UNGIVING is exhibiting parsimony : frugal, stingy. How to use ungiving in a sentence.

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   Define ungiving. ungiving synonyms, ungiving pronunciation, ungiving translation, English dictionary definition of ungiving. adj inflexible; stubborn Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003,...

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   Inflexible; stubborn.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

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   What does the adjective ungiving mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective ungiving . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   Ungiving Definition. Meanings. Definition Source. Origin. Adjective. Filter. adjective. Not giving; ungenerous.

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   Apr 23, 2023 · ungive (third-person singular simple present ungives, present participle ungiving, simple past ungave, past participle ungiven) (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To yield; relax; slacken; give way; loosen. (intransitive, UK dialectal) To melt; thaw. To take back something that had been given.