Scrooges
Tight-fisted curmudgeons
Scrooges are miserly, mean-spirited people who refuse to share wealth or participate in generosity.
The term comes from Ebenezer Scrooge, the cold-hearted miser in Dickens's *A Christmas Carol* who despises Christmas until ghosts reform him.
The word often appears around the holidays: Don't be such Scrooges—let the kids open one gift tonight.
Stingy wealth hoarders
- penny-pinchersObsessively frugal individuals
- tightwadsPeople reluctant to spend
- hoardersExcessive keepers of things
- cheapskatesStingy people
skinflints · curmudgeons · stinginess · avarice · greed · frugality · parsimony · thrift
Surname of Victorian novelist
- EbenezerHebrew name, commemorative stone
- ghostsSpirits of the deceased
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- Tiny TimSickly Victorian street urchin
Marley · Victorian · London · transformation · bah humbug · spirits · visitation · chains
Winter nativity celebration
- generosityReadiness to give freely
- givingTransferring to another
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- festivitiesCelebratory events and activities
celebration · cheer · spirit · goodwill · reformed · converted · turkeys · gifts
Habitually irritable people
- killjoysFun-squelching people
- curmudgeonsBad-tempered, stubborn people
- sourpussesHabitually bad-tempered people
- grinchesOnes who spoil celebrations
humbugs · cynics · pessimists · cold-hearted · bitter · joyless · uncharitable · mean-spirited
misers
Stingy wealth hoarders
- penny-pinchersObsessively frugal individuals
- tightwadsPeople reluctant to spend
- hoardersExcessive keepers of things
cheapskates · skinflints · curmudgeons · stinginess · avarice · greed · frugality · parsimony · thrift · hoarding
Dickens
Surname of Victorian novelist
- EbenezerHebrew name, commemorative stone
- ghostsSpirits of the deceased
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
Marley · Tiny Tim · Victorian · London · transformation · bah humbug · spirits · visitation · chains · gravestone
Christmas
Winter nativity celebration
- generosityReadiness to give freely
- givingTransferring to another
- charityVoluntary aid for others
festivities · celebration · cheer · spirit · goodwill · reformed · converted · turkeys · gifts · donations
grumps
Habitually irritable people
- killjoysFun-squelching people
- curmudgeonsBad-tempered, stubborn people
- sourpussesHabitually bad-tempered people
grinches · humbugs · cynics · pessimists · cold-hearted · bitter · joyless · uncharitable · mean-spirited · selfish
Scroogesphilanthropists
Generous supporters of good causes
benefactors · givers · Santa Clauses · Good Samaritans · altruists
Scroogesmerrymakers
People celebrating joyfully
celebrants · revelers · life of the party · bon vivants · people persons