scrooge

¹

[ skrooj ]

verb (used with or without object)

, scrooged, scroog·ing.

1. scrouge.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of scrooge¹

1935–40, Scrooge fordef 2

Word History and Origins

Origin of scrooge¹

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

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.

From Fox News

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

From Seattle Times

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.

From Golf Digest

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

From The Guardian