scurvy
31scurvy — 1. noun A disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C leading to the formation of livid spots on the skin, spongy gums, loosening of the teeth and bleeding into the skin and from almost all mucous membranes. Syn: Barlows disease, Cheadle… …
32scurvy — Synonyms and related words: Lombardy leprosy, abject, abominable, anemia, ariboflavinosis, arrant, atrocious, awful, bad, base, base minded, beastly, beggarly, beneath contempt, beriberi, blameworthy, brutal, cachexia, cheap, cheesy, chlorosis,… …
33scurvy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. scorbutus, scurf, Werl hof s or Barlow s disease. adj. scorbutic, scurfy; villainous, mean, low, nasty, vile. See disease, improbity. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. mean, contemptible, despicable,… …
34scurvy — scur|vy [ skɜrvi ] noun uncount an illness caused by not eating enough foods that contain VITAMIN C (=a natural substance found in fruit and vegetables) …
35scurvy — adj Worthless, repulsive. That girl in the sloppy sweater sure isscurvy. 1990s …
36scurvy — scur·vy || skÉœrvɪ / skÉœËvɪ n. (Medicine) disease resulting from a vitamin C deficiency (characterized by bleeding gums, weakness, and anemia) adj. mean, rascally, despicable …
37scurvy — noun a disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin C, characterized by swollen bleeding gums and the opening of previously healed wounds. adjective (scurvier, scurviest) archaic worthless or contemptible. Derivatives scurvily adverb Origin ME (as… …
38scurvy — a. 1. Scurfy, scabbed, scabby. 2. Vile, mean, low, vulgar, base, bad, sorry, contemptible, despicable, worthless, pitiful, abject. 3. Offensive, mischievous, malicious …
39scurvy — noun (U) a disease caused by not eating foods such as fruit and vegetables that contain vitamin C (vitamin (2)) …
40Scurvy — Ch Ravages of, among colonists, 22; called by Champlain mal de terre, 24; breaks out at Port Royal, 33; at Quebec, 46; deaths from, 209 …
