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Scrooge
Scrooge also scrooge S0173000 (skro͞oj)n. A mean-spirited miserly person; a skinflint.
[After Ebenezer Scrooge, , miserly protagonist of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.]Scrooge (skruːdʒ) na mean or miserly person[C19: after a character in Dickens' story A Christmas Carol (1843)]Scrooge (skrudʒ)
n. 1. Ebenezer, a miserly curmudgeon in Dickens' A Christmas Carol. 2. (often l.c.) any miserly person. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  scrooge - a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spendniggard, skinflint, churlhoarder - a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future usepinchgut - a niggardly person who starves himself (and others) |
Scroogenoun miser, penny-pincher (informal), skinflint, cheapskate (informal), tight-arse (taboo slang), tightwad (U.S. & Canad. slang), tight-ass (U.S. taboo slang), niggard, money-grubber (informal), meanie or meany (informal, chiefly Brit.) What a bunch of Scrooges.Scrooge also scrooge
nounA stingy person:miser, niggard, skinflint.Informal: penny pincher.Slang: cheapskate, stiff, tightwad.Translationsscrooge
scroogeA miserly, miserable, and utterly uncharitable person. From the character Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, who exhibited such traits. The boss always turns into such a scrooge when we ask him for additional funding. I've never seen such a scrooge in all my life. She wouldn't even lend me enough change to call a cab home from the payphone.scrooge (skrudʒ) n. a stingy person; a penny-pincher. (From the character in Dickens’s A Christmas Carol.) Ask scrooge over there if you can borrow a quarter to call the cops. Scrooge
Scrooge“grasping old sinner” who learns that miserliness leads only to loneliness and pain. [Br. Lit.: “A Christmas Carol” in Benét, 196]See: MiserlinessSCROOGE
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| SCROOGE➣Society to Curtail Ridiculous, Outrageous and Ostentatious Gift Exchanges | | SCROOGE➣Students Christmas Rush for Oodles and Oodles of Goodies Etc. |
scrooge
Synonyms for scroogenoun miserSynonyms- miser
- penny-pincher
- skinflint
- cheapskate
- tight-arse
- tightwad
- tight-ass
- niggard
- money-grubber
- meanie or meany
Synonyms for scroogenoun a stingy personSynonyms- miser
- niggard
- skinflint
- penny pincher
- cheapskate
- stiff
- tightwad
Synonyms for scroogenoun a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spendSynonymsRelated Words |