All languages combined word senses marked with topical category "A Christmas Carol"
Parent categories: British fiction, Charles Dickens, Fiction, Authors, Individuals, Literature, Artistic works, People, Culture, Entertainment, Writing, Art, Human, Society, Human behaviour, Language, Communication
Total 16 word senses
- Ebenezer Scrooge (Noun) [English] A scrooge; a miser.
- Ghost of Christmas Future (Proper name) [English] Synonym of Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
- Ghost of Christmas Past (Proper name) [English] A fictional ghost in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, who visits Ebenezer Scrooge in order to show him his past, especially certain events of past Christmases that contributed to his later distaste for Christmas.
- Ghost of Christmas Present (Proper name) [English] A fictional ghost in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, who visits Ebenezer Scrooge accompanied by a great feast in order to show him events of the current Christmas.
- Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come (Proper name) [English] A fictional ghost in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens; it visits Ebenezer Scrooge in order to show his impending fate of death and loneliness in a future Christmas that is ultimately avoided.
- Jacob Marley (Proper name) [English] A fictional man who appears as a ghost in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, warning his former business partner Ebenezer Scrooge against being greedy and selfish.
- Scrooge (Proper name) [English] The fictional character Ebenezer Scrooge.
- Scroogean (Adjective) [English] Alternative form of Scroogian
- Scroogelike (Adjective) [English] Like Ebenezer Scrooge; bad-tempered, selfish and miserly.
- Scroogesque (Adjective) [English] Resembling or characteristic of Ebenezer Scrooge; bad-tempered, selfish and miserly.
- Scroogey (Adjective) [English] Resembling or characteristic of Ebenezer Scrooge; bad-tempered, selfish and miserly.
- Scroogian (Adjective) [English] Of or relating to Ebenezer Scrooge.
- Tiny Tim (Proper name) [English] A poor disabled boy whose death is ultimately averted by Ebenezer Scrooge in the classic tale A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
- scrooge (Noun) [English] A miserly person; a person with an excessive dislike of spending money or other resources.
- scrooge (Noun) [English] A person who is grumpy about the Christmas holidays.
- scrooge (Verb) [English] To crush or press; to squeeze (past, into, together, etc.).
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