scrooge
Scrooge
- Eb·e·ne·zer [eb-uh-nee-zer] /ˌɛb əˈni zər/, a miserly curmudgeon in Dickens' Christmas Carol.
- (often lowercase) any miserly person.
Origin of Scrooge
Related Words for scrooge
misanthropist, meanie, tightwad, misanthrope, cheapskate, miser, niggard, moneygrubber, penny-pincherExamples from the Web for scrooge
Contemporary Examples of scrooge
Bob Cratchit, the clerk who is the father of Tiny Tim and who meekly serves Scrooge, is paid fifteen shillings a week.
Finally, a score or so of films have been made of the story, some called A Christmas Carol and others, simply, Scrooge.
Scrooge is still with us, not just in print but embodied in the cold hearts and selfish calculations of misanthropes everywhere.
My favorite is the 1951 version starring Alastair Sim as Scrooge.
It took visits from the ghosts of Christmas for Scrooge to embrace generosity.
Historical Examples of scrooge
I know personally one of them, who is a Scrooge, and of the vilest.
The Book of KhalidAmeen Rihani
"I don't see what Democracy has to do with it," said Scrooge.
By the Christmas FireSamuel McChord Crothers
"If you are waiting for that, you will wait a long time," said Scrooge.
By the Christmas FireSamuel McChord Crothers
The clerk promised that he would; and Scrooge walked out with a growl.
A Christmas CarolCharles Dickens
Scrooge closed the window, and examined the door by which the Ghost had entered.
A Christmas CarolCharles Dickens
Scrooge
- a mean or miserly person
Word Origin for Scrooge
Word Origin and History for scrooge
Scrooge
generic for "miser," 1940, from curmudgeonly character in Dickens' 1843 story "A Christmas Carol." It does not appear to be a genuine English surname. Cf. scrounge.