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Meaning of "ungiving" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNGIVING

ungiving  [ʌnˈɡɪvɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNGIVING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ungiving is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNGIVING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of ungiving in the English dictionary

The definition of ungiving in the dictionary is inflexible, stubborn.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNGIVING


almsgiving
ˈɑːmzˌɡɪvɪŋ
caregiving
ˈkeəˌɡɪvɪŋ
diving
ˈdaɪvɪŋ
driving
ˈdraɪvɪŋ
energy-giving
ˈɛnədʒɪˌɡɪvɪŋ
forgiving
fəˈɡɪvɪŋ
gaingiving
ˈɡeɪnˌɡɪvɪŋ
giving
ˈɡɪvɪŋ
health-giving
ˈhelθˌɡɪvɪŋ
lawgiving
ˈlɔːˌɡɪvɪŋ
life-giving
ˈlaɪfˌɡɪvɪŋ
living
ˈlɪvɪŋ
misgiving
mɪsˈɡɪvɪŋ
outgiving
ˌaʊtˈɡɪvɪŋ
prize-giving
ˈpraɪzɡɪvɪŋ
saving
ˈseɪvɪŋ
shaving
ˈʃeɪvɪŋ
surviving
səˈvaɪvɪŋ
thanksgiving
ˈθæŋksˌɡɪvɪŋ
unforgiving
ˌʌnfəˈɡɪvɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNGIVING

ungenuineness
ungerminated
unget
unghostly
ungifted
ungild
ungimmicky
ungird
ungirt
ungirth
unglad
unglamorised
unglamorized
unglamorous
unglazed
unglossed
unglove
unglue
unglued
ungod

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNGIVING

assisted living
careless driving
clean-living
cost of living
deceiving
deep-sea diving
drink-driving
drunk driving
ducking and diving
dumpster diving
free-living
high living
leaving
nonliving
reckless driving
reviving
scuba diving
skydiving
standard of living
striving
thriving

Synonyms and antonyms of ungiving in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ungiving» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNGIVING

Find out the translation of ungiving to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ungiving from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ungiving» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

ungiving
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mezquino
570 millions of speakers

English

ungiving
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ungiving
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ungiving
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ungiving
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ungiving
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ungiving
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ungiving
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ungiving
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ungiving
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ungiving
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

ungiving
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ungiving
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ungiving
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ungiving
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अबाऊत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ungiving
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ingenerosa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ungiving
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ungiving
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ungiving
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ungiving
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ungiving
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ungiving
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ungiving
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ungiving

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNGIVING»

The term «ungiving» is normally little used and occupies the 129.638 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNGIVING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ungiving

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNGIVING»

Discover the use of ungiving in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ungiving and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Poem at the Right Moment: Remembered Verses from Premodern ...
Ungiving. My eyes look away in shame. My hand shrinks back. My mouth— normally quite mobile — just won't open. It's all a waste. Even my bones seem aflame when a woman serves food without love. kanakj^an kucute kaiyetukka nanute ...
Velcheru Narayana Rao, Vēlcēru Nārāyaṇarāvu, David Shulman, 1998
2
Fighting Words: Religion, Violence, and the Interpretation ...
Regarding the claim that God is ungiving, he writes: “and that is what these yahūd [hā'ulā'i al-Yahūd]— God's curse upon them—meant” (emphasis mine). no longer is he referring to the yahūd in a generic fashion, but these yahūd, a specific ...
John Renard, 2012
3
Dependence in Man: A Psychoanalytic Study
The breasts of concrete are, of course, ungiving. His analyst had been ill and could not see him. Therefore, be perceived the analyst as ungiving, and was angry with him. But to be angry with the analyst repeated the risk of not being loved by ...
Henri Parens, Leon J. Saul, 2014
4
The Children of the Dream
Clearly they seemed ungiving, compared to their mothers. Certainly they felt themselves ungiving to the older generation, and feared they would be just as ungiving (or not giving enough) to the next generation, to their own children. Much as ...
Bruno Bettelheim, 2001
5
The Canon of Supreme Mystery by Yang Hsiung: A Translation ...
1: Close-mouthed, ungiving Means: This is what men find abhorrent. There is probably both a sexual and a social metaphor here. According to Han notions of sexuality. “The man [has intercourse] in order to make the woman's ch'i arrive to ...
Michael Nylan
6
Living with the Passive-Aggressive Man: Coping with Hidden ...
Her fear of continuing as she was in an ungiving relationship helped her to take this step and keep him out of her new life in a new city. She had tried to set limits and enforce them but realized that getting out was her only answer. A colleague ...
Scott Wetzler, 2011
7
The Youth Worker's Encyclopedia of Bible-Teaching Ideas: Old ...
... SKIT, teenagers illustrate how true giving involves sacrifice. THE. UNGIVING. GIVER. SCENE: Tom is sitting in a classroom before the class begins. His classmates are sitting around him, also preparing for the school day ahead. PROPS: A ...
Group, Group Publishing, 1994
8
Cognitive-behavioral Marital Therapy
In the words of one wife from a chronically distressed relationship, "Because I know my husband is an ungiving person, I don't expect much and I don't set myself up for disappointment." A third function of attributions involves protecting and ...
Donald H. Baucom, Norman Epstein, 1990
9
A new universal etymological technological, and pronouncing ...
Loosely dressed. Mulcilwr assigns the proper place For Cariaus and th' ungirt Numidian race.— Dryden. Ungiven, un-giv'n, a. Not bestowed. Ungiving, un-giv' ing. a. Not bringing gifts. In vain at shrines th' ungiving suppliant stands: Thus *tia to ...
John Craig (F.G.S.), 1849
10
The Poetical Works of John Dryden. Edited with a Memoir, ...
Not lottery cavaliersi are half so poor, Nor broken cits, nor a vacation whore ; Not courts, 'nor courtiers living on the rents Of the three last ungiving parliaments ;§ So wretched, that, if Pharaoh could divine, He might have spared his dream of ...
John Dryden, William Dougal CHRISTIE, 1870

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNGIVING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ungiving is used in the context of the following news items.
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Cheltenham Music Festival finale, review: too much rough with the …
He had a penchant for one-syllable titles like 'Log', and his music was similarly ungiving, assailing our ears with loud repeating patterns shifted in unpredictable ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Social justice folks size up new Congress
On issues relating to poverty, the federal government is in a very ungiving place. But the budget for some time has not had a priority on serving low-income ... «National Catholic Reporter, Jan 15»
3
'Something Rich and Strange,' by Ron Rash
These are the sons who stayed; the ungiving Appalachian soil is as much a part of them as their souls. In the finely burnished “Hard Times,” the farmer Hartley ... «New York Times, Nov 14»
4
Empathy On The Barricades: Billy Bragg Live
What “ordinary” singer could have held onto that voice, a lead block of ungiving rigidity, without eventually softening it a touch, or at least, beginning to sing a ... «The Quietus, Dec 13»
5
Who Are the 100 Most Repellent Celebrities of the Last 100 Years?
To me, the guy seemed like a drunken pig, obnoxious, cold, mean, narrow, horrible to women, smug, ungiving — I even imagine he smelled bad. Much of which ... «San Francisco Chronicle, Oct 13»
6
Shale revolution grows stronger
Oil and gas stuck in ungiving rock is not unique to North America - far from it. The EIA emphasises this in its report, which states that estimates for recoverable ... «The National, Jun 13»
7
The Problem With Handsome, Enigmatic Men
He is a monosyllabic, unsmiling, ungiving dude with a nasty drinking problem. A real barrel of laughs. Imagine being stuck next to him at a dinner party! Despite ... «Slate Magazine, May 13»
8
Playwright Bryony Lavery: I wanted my play to show a survivor's spirit
'So the character in our play has a huge journey of change – from ungiving to giving. 'I wanted the play to have her philosophy. The way to represent her spirit is ... «Metro, Mar 13»
9
The Protest Artist
... exhibition of black-and-white prints on paper: a mother so gaunt that she looks like a robot, with two children burying their faces in her ungiving chest (Hunger, ... «TheStranger.com, Feb 13»
10
Piemontesi, Karnéus, Reiss, Guildhall Symphony Chorus, BBCSO …
The Barbican Hall is an ungiving venue for wide-screen musical rhetoric, its concert platform and even the offstage zones Mahler brings into judgment-day play ... «The Arts Desk, Dec 12»

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« EDUCALINGO. Ungiving [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/ungiving>. May 2024 ».
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