Skopidom is a person who loves money above all else. He is extremely thrifty, obsessed with hoarding, he is not interested in anything but profit. The meaning of the word "Skopid" is described in more detail in the article.
Synonyms, Antonyms
Skopidom is a meanie, a hunny, a greedy, miser, a penny. There are other synonyms, for example, cedarwood, shreds, nets, skaradnik. One of the most famous literary skopidomas is Plyushkin. The name of Gogol's character has long been a household name.
Skopidom is a person prone to frantic hoarding. He does not like to spend money. He is embraced by a passion for "despicable metal." Probably, the life of skopidoma is very boring, monotonous. Money needs to be spent, not saved. But there are people who go to the other extreme. Antonyms for the word "Skopid" - wasteful, mot. Those who show absolute indifference both to money and to what can be bought on them are called unkempt.
Examples from works of art
One of the Skopidomo heroes is named above. But there is a character in world literature that is a classic example of greed, money-grubbing, greed. We are talking about the hero of Dickens, the sullen hunks Scrooge - the protagonist of "Christmas Song in Prose."
This character in the twentieth century migrated to the world of animation and settled there so firmly that some people who are not very familiar with the work of the English classic believe that Scrooge was created by Disney artists.
What is Charles Dickens book about? This is a good Christmas story about a lonely hunky who, in the pursuit of money, has lost everything human. But not irrevocably. Once, on the eve of Christmas, Scrooge is a ghost who takes on his "re-education." A metamorphosis occurs with the protagonist - from being sober, he turns into a kind, generous uncle, who loves making gifts for Christmas most of all in his life.