Scrooge
noun /skruːdʒ/
/skruːdʒ/
[usually singular] (informal, disapproving)- a person who is very unwilling to spend moneyMore Like This Expressions from literary sourcesExpressions from literary sources
- Alice in Wonderland
- Casanova
- Cassandra
- Don Juan
- Dorian Gray
- Falstaffian
- Frankenstein
- Jekyll and Hyde
- Lilliputian
- Lothario
- Orwellian
- Pandora’s box
- Peter Pan
- Pied Piper
- Pollyanna
- Rip Van Winkle
- Ruritanian
- Scrooge
- Shangri-La
- Sherlock
- Stepford Wife
- Svengali
- Tweedledum and Tweedledee
- Utopia
- Walter Mitty
Word OriginFrom Ebenezer Scrooge, a character in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol who is extremely mean.