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Synonyms for Scurvy:
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adj.
• disreputable- in bad ,
- in low esteem ,
- in the doghouse ,
- no good ,
- derogatory ,
- discreditable ,
- disorderly ,
- dissolute ,
- inglorious ,
- libidinous ,
- licentious ,
- opprobrious ,
- shady .
- crumbiest ,
- crumby ,
- ill-bred ,
- illbred ,
- undignified ,
- inelegant ,
- lower ,
- raw ,
- rough ,
- unbecoming ,
- uncouth ,
- unrefined ,
- woebegone .
- Pinching ,
- Pinchpenny ,
- Ungiving ,
- curmudgeonly ,
- ironfisted ,
- pennywise ,
- Scrimping ,
- Skimping ,
- acquisitive ,
- chary ,
- chintzy ,
- churlish ,
- close ,
- close-fisted ,
- costive ,
- economical ,
- extortionate ,
- frugal ,
- greedy ,
- illiberal ,
- narrow ,
- near ,
- parsimonious ,
- penurious ,
- rapacious ,
- saving ,
- sparing ,
- thrifty ,
- tightfisted ,
- uncharitable .
- coarse ,
- immoral ,
- impure ,
- indecent ,
- lewd ,
- off-color ,
- ribald ,
- salacious ,
- scatological ,
- smutty ,
- unchaste ,
- uncleanly .
- Arousing ,
- affecting ,
- afflicted ,
- cheerless ,
- comfortless ,
- commiserative ,
- compassionate ,
- distressed ,
- distressing ,
- heartbreaking ,
- heartrending ,
- inadequate ,
- insignificant ,
- joyless ,
- mournful ,
- moving ,
- sorrowful ,
- stirring ,
- tearful ,
- touching .
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n.
• state Other synonyms:
- Alzheimer's Disease ,
- ague ,
- altitude sickness ,
- anorexia ,
- anthrax ,
- appendicitis ,
- beriberi ,
- blood poisoning ,
- botulism ,
- bronchitis .
Other relevant words:
- high ,
- Abased ,
- Excrementitious ,
- Facinorous ,
- Impetiginous ,
- Low-minded ,
- Mean-spirited ,
- Mildewed ,
- Mucid ,
- Putid ,
- Reasty ,
- Saprogenic ,
- Saprogenous ,
- Scorbutus ,
- Scrannel ,
- Stercoraceous ,
- Vitamin Deficiency ,
- abhorrent ,
- abominable ,
- abysmal ,
- accursed ,
- anaemia ,
- anemia ,
- ariboflavinosis ,
- arrant ,
- atrocious ,
- avitaminosis ,
- awful ,
- bad ,
- base ,
- base-minded ,
- basilisk ,
- beastly ,
- bedraggled ,
- beggarly ,
- begrimed ,
- below contempt ,
- below disdain ,
- below scorn ,
- beneath contempt ,
- beneath disdain ,
- beneath notice ,
- beneath one ,
- beneath scorn ,
- beyond contempt ,
- beyond disdain ,
- beyond scorn ,
- bird ,
- black ,
- blackguardly ,
- blameworthy ,
- bloody ,
- blue ,
- broken ,
- brutal ,
- cachexia ,
- cad ,
- carious ,
- catchpenny ,
- cheap ,
- cheesy ,
- chlorosis ,
- common ,
- contempt ,
- contemptible ,
- contemptuous ,
- cook ,
- corrupt ,
- crawler ,
- creeper ,
- criminal ,
- cruddy ,
- crummy ,
- crushed ,
- currish ,
- dark ,
- dastardly ,
- debased ,
- decayed ,
- degenerate ,
- degraded ,
- demeaning ,
- depleted ,
- deplorable ,
- depraved ,
- depressed ,
- dermatitis ,
- despicable ,
- detestable ,
- diabolical ,
- dingy ,
- dire ,
- dirty ,
- disagreeable ,
- disgraceful ,
- disgusting ,
- dishonorable ,
- dishonourable ,
- dismal ,
- dispirited ,
- disreputable ,
- distasteful ,
- down ,
- downcast ,
- downhearted ,
- dreadful ,
- dreary ,
- drudge ,
- effete ,
- egregious ,
- enormous ,
- evil ,
- execrable ,
- fecal ,
- feculent ,
- felonious ,
- fetid ,
- filthy ,
- flagitious ,
- flagrant ,
- flyblown ,
- foetid ,
- foul ,
- fulsome ,
- funky ,
- fusty ,
- gaudy ,
- gimcrack ,
- gloomy ,
- goiter ,
- goitre ,
- gone bad ,
- gory ,
- grave ,
- greensickness ,
- grievous ,
- grim ,
- grimy ,
- gross ,
- groveling ,
- grubby ,
- grudging ,
- grungy ,
- hapless ,
- hate ,
- hateful ,
- heinous ,
- hellish ,
- horrible ,
- horrid ,
- humble ,
- humbled ,
- humiliated ,
- ignoble ,
- ignominious ,
- imp ,
- impolite ,
- in debt ,
- in want ,
- incarnate ,
- infamous ,
- inferior ,
- infernal ,
- iniquitous ,
- insidious ,
- insufferable ,
- keratomalacia ,
- knave ,
- knavish ,
- kwashiorkor ,
- lame ,
- lamentable ,
- lentiginous ,
- little ,
- loathsome ,
- lousy ,
- low-pitched ,
- low-spirited ,
- low-toned ,
- lowly ,
- lumpen ,
- lying low ,
- maggoty ,
- maidism ,
- malicious ,
- malnutrition ,
- mammal ,
- mange ,
- mangy ,
- meager ,
- mean ,
- measly ,
- mephitic ,
- meretricious ,
- misfortunate ,
- modest ,
- moldy ,
- monstrous ,
- moth-eaten ,
- musty ,
- nasty ,
- nauseating ,
- nauseous ,
- neap ,
- nefarious ,
- niggardly ,
- night blindness ,
- noisome ,
- not high ,
- not worth mentioning ,
- notorious ,
- noxious ,
- objectionable ,
- obnoxious ,
- obscene ,
- odious ,
- offensive ,
- one-horse ,
- osteomalacia ,
- osteoporosis ,
- outrageous ,
- paltry ,
- pathetic ,
- peccant ,
- pellagra ,
- peremptory ,
- perfidious ,
- pernicious anemia ,
- pettifogging ,
- petty ,
- piteous ,
- pitiable ,
- pitiful ,
- pokey ,
- poky ,
- poor ,
- protein deficiency ,
- purulent ,
- putrefactive ,
- putrefied ,
- putrescent ,
- putrid ,
- rachitis ,
- rancid ,
- rank ,
- rapscallion ,
- rascal ,
- rascally ,
- ratty ,
- regrettable ,
- repellent ,
- reprehensible ,
- reptile ,
- reptilian ,
- repugnant ,
- repulsive ,
- resigned ,
- revolting ,
- rickets ,
- rogue ,
- rotten ,
- rotting ,
- rubbishy ,
- rude ,
- run-down ,
- rusty ,
- ruthful ,
- sad ,
- scabby ,
- scamp ,
- scandalous ,
- scant ,
- scarce ,
- schlock ,
- scoot ,
- scoundrel ,
- scrubby ,
- scruffy ,
- scullion ,
- scurfy ,
- scuzzy ,
- seamy ,
- seedy ,
- servant ,
- servile ,
- shabby ,
- shameful ,
- shameless ,
- shellfish ,
- shocking ,
- shoddy ,
- sickening ,
- sinister ,
- sleazy ,
- sloppy ,
- slovenly ,
- small ,
- sneaking ,
- snide ,
- soiled ,
- sordid ,
- sorry ,
- squalid ,
- squealer ,
- stained ,
- stingy ,
- struma ,
- suffering ,
- tainted ,
- terrible ,
- too bad ,
- touched ,
- trashy ,
- treacherous ,
- trivial ,
- trumpery ,
- twopenny ,
- twopenny-halfpenny ,
- ugly ,
- unattractive ,
- unclean ,
- unconscionable ,
- underhand ,
- unfriendly ,
- ungenerous ,
- ungentlemanly ,
- unhelpful ,
- unhopeful ,
- unkempt ,
- unladylike ,
- unlikeable ,
- unmentionable ,
- unpalatable ,
- unpleasant ,
- unprincipled ,
- unrespectable ,
- unsavoury ,
- unscrupulous ,
- unseemly ,
- unspeakable ,
- unwashed ,
- unwholesome ,
- unworthy ,
- urchin ,
- useless ,
- vain ,
- valueless ,
- vicious ,
- vile ,
- villain ,
- villainous ,
- vulgar ,
- weak ,
- weedy ,
- wicked ,
- without resources ,
- woeful ,
- worm ,
- worst ,
- worthless ,
- wretch ,
- wretched ,
- xerophthalmia .
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What are the hypernyms for Scurvy?
A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
Other hypernyms:
affliction, ail, ailment, complaint, disease, disorder, infirmity, malady, sickness.
What are the hyponyms for Scurvy?
Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.
hyponyms for scurvy (as nouns)
-
state
avitaminosis, hypovitaminosis.
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state
What are the opposite words for scurvy?
Scurvy is a term that refers to a disease that results from a lack of vitamin C in one's diet. Some antonyms for scurvy include healthy, robust, energetic, and vibrant. These words are used to describe physical and mental well-being and negating the negative effects of scurvy. Antonyms for scurvy can be used in discussing overall health and vitality of an individual, as they express the opposite of the lack of energy and physical deterioration caused by scurvy. Antonyms for scurvy also suggest good nutrition, a balanced diet, and proper intake of essential vitamins and minerals.
What are the antonyms for Scurvy?
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adj.
• cheap- costly ,
- dear ,
- excellent ,
- expensive ,
- noble ,
- precious ,
- priceless ,
- sophisticated ,
- superior ,
- upper ,
- valuable ,
- worthy .
- admirable ,
- admired ,
- delightful ,
- good ,
- honorable ,
- kind ,
- likeable ,
- lovable ,
- loved ,
- nice ,
- pleasant ,
- pleasing ,
- respectable .
Usage examples for Scurvy
Linde possessed considerable supplies of various kinds of preserved food, but from fear of the scurvy he hunted every day for fresh meat.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Reap the fruit of your transgression, scurvy humans!
"Once a Greech"
The low-down, hog-hearted son of a scurvy coyote.
"The Desert Valley"
Famous quotes with Scurvy
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As the winter set in with its customary Canadian severity the real trouble of the French began. They did not suffer from the cold, but they were dying of scurvy.
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Here are also the two vessels, but the San Carlos without sailors, all having died of the scurvy, except two.
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Get thee glass eyes And, like a scurvy politician, seem To see the things thou dost not.
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The vitality of children is clean and honest. Their petty shortcomings derive, in ninety-nine out of a hundred instances, from their effete elders’ pettiness. Contagion is a generational fact. But children can develop defenses against their elders’ spiritual scurvy simply because they’re new.
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