Antonyms of adj magnanimous

2 senses of magnanimous

Sense 1
greathearted, magnanimous -- (noble and generous in spirit; "a greathearted general"; "a magnanimous conqueror")

INDIRECT (VIA noble) -> ignoble -- (completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose; "something cowardly and ignoble in his attitude"; "I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than that the government should play an ignoble part"- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.)

Sense 2
big, large, magnanimous -- (generous and understanding and tolerant; "a heart big enough to hold no grudges"; "that's very big of you to be so forgiving"; "a large and generous spirit"; "a large heart"; "magnanimous toward his enemies")

INDIRECT (VIA generous) -> ungenerous, meanspirited -- (lacking in magnanimity; "it seems ungenerous to end this review of a splendid work of scholarship on a critical note"- Times Litt. Sup.; "a meanspirited man unwilling to forgive")

Similarity of adj magnanimous

2 senses of magnanimous

Sense 1
greathearted, magnanimous -- (noble and generous in spirit; "a greathearted general"; "a magnanimous conqueror")
       => noble (vs. ignoble) -- (having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character; "a noble spirit"; "noble deeds")

Sense 2
big, large, magnanimous -- (generous and understanding and tolerant; "a heart big enough to hold no grudges"; "that's very big of you to be so forgiving"; "a large and generous spirit"; "a large heart"; "magnanimous toward his enemies")
       => generous (vs. ungenerous) -- (not petty in character and mind; "unusually generous in his judgment of people")