Charitable and Spare

Charitable

Charitable adjective - Giving or sharing in abundance and without hesitation.
Usage example: a charitable woman who helped everyone who needed it

Spare is an antonym for charitable.

Spare

Spare adjective - Giving or sharing as little as possible.
Usage example: a man who is kind and gentle but definitely spare of speech

Charitable is an antonym for spare.

Nearby Words: spar, sparing, spared, sparely

Both words in one sentence

  • Characters / Super Mario Bros: Bowser aka: Bowser Landing on Bowser Spaces in Mario Party is normally bad news as the Koopa King nearly always finds a way to screw over the player(s), but Bowser seems to have a charitable side, and takes pity on anyone without any coins or stars, and will give them some spare change.
  • Film / The Masque of the Red Death He also specifically requests that the Red Death spare Francesca, which the figure notes is "a charitable request...a rare thing with you, Prospero." When Alfredo knocks down Esmeralda for accidentally spilling his wine, Prospero asks Hop-Toad to tend to her.
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