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SCROOGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does scrooge mean?
• SCROOGE (noun)
The noun SCROOGE has 1 sense:
1. a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
Familiarity information: SCROOGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
churl; niggard; scrooge; skinflint
Hypernyms ("scrooge" is a kind of...):
hoarder (a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scrooge"):
pinchgut (a niggardly person who starves himself (and others))
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