scrooge in English dictionary

  • scrooge

    Meanings and definitions of "scrooge"

    • A miserly, selfish person, comparable to the fictional character Ebenezer Scrooge of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol.
    • noun
      A miserly person; a person with an excessive dislike of spending money or other resources.
    • miserly, selfish person
    • noun
      a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend

    Synonyms of "scrooge" in English dictionary

    churl, hoarder, niggard are the top synonyms of "scrooge" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of scrooge

    • scrooge ( countable and uncountable;  plural  scrooges)
    • scrooge (countable and uncountable, plural scrooges)
  • Scrooge

    Meanings and definitions of "scrooge"

    • The fictional character Ebenezer Scrooge of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol.
    • proper
      The fictional character Ebenezer Scrooge of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol.
    • Scrooge (1951 film)

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