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View synonyms for scrooge

scrooge

1

[ skrooj ]

verb (used with or without object)

scrooged, scrooging.


Scrooge

2

[ skrooj ]

noun

  1. Eb·e·ne·zer [eb-, uh, -, nee, -zer], a miserly curmudgeon in Dickens' Christmas Carol.
  2. (often lowercase) any miserly person.

Scrooge

/ skruːdʒ /

noun

  1. a mean or miserly person
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of scrooge1

1935–40, Scrooge fordef 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of scrooge1

C19: after a character in Dickens' story A Christmas Carol (1843)
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Example Sentences

"There's a few out there who think I'm a bit of a scrooge but my friends think it's quite a good idea," she said.

From BBC

"I wasn’t very much fun to be around. I was kind of a scrooge," he said.

“I wasn’t very much fun to be around. I was kind of a scrooge,” he said.

I know we're starved for sports, and maybe I'm being a scrooge, but I cannot imagine this has any effect beyond making us even more acutely aware of what we can't see.

It’s not the only such hostile architecture developed by scrooges in recent years.

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