Synonym: abject, low, low-down, miserable, scorbutus, scummy. Similar words: curvy, topsy-turvy, curve, curved, curving, curve ball, curvature, demand curve. Meaning: ['skɜrvɪ /'skɜːvɪ] 
n. a condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C). adj. of the most contemptible kind.
n. a condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C). adj. of the most contemptible kind. 
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1 Vitamin C deficiency can ultimately lead to scurvy.
2 He's a scurvy wretch.
3 That was a scurvy trick to play on an old lady.
4 The worst symptoms of scurvy were under control, although the fatigue and bruising persisted.
5 And scurvy all the while whittled away at the crew, killing six to ten men every day.
6 Ferns poured out of a window; scurvy grass lay rotting by the wail.
7 Diseases from our history texts, like rickets and scurvy,[www.Sentencedict.com] have begun to reappear in the West.
8 Happily there were no reports of scurvy, beri beri or other ailments caused by malnutrition!
9 Now, however, the combined effects of scurvy, anemia and exhaustion kept him asleep twenty hours out of the day.
10 Vitamin C , found in citrus fruits, prevents scurvy.
11 It's called scurvy grass. It has a horseradish tone.
12 No fear of scurvy or ship fever this voyage.
13 You don't wanna get scurvy.
14 Vitamin deficiency can cause ill nesses, eg scurvy, rickets.
15 The crew remained free from scurvy.
16 Oranges, lemons and limes were found to cure scurvy.
17 A disease, as scurvy , beriberi , or pellagra, caused by deficiency of one or more essential vitamins.
18 Iron deficiency anemia, scurvy, beriberi, and pellagra are examples of injury caused by deficits in specific vitamins or minerals.
19 That is a scurvy trick to play on an old lady.
20 In mediaeval times cider was given to sailors bound on long voyages partly as a palliative for scurvy.
21 There was extensive ground cover of polar willows, yellow and white whitlow-grass, scurvy grass and many others.
22 Instead he and his men suffered terribly from scorching, thirst, and scurvy, from which one of his officers died.
23 Food was in such short supply that she was genuinely concerned that her two babies might get scurvy.
24 Once the rainy season began in April, malaria, yellow fever, typhoid and scurvy began to take their toll.
25 These were the first long voyages that were not marked by the scourge of scurvy.
26 Vitamin A lack of will have nyctalopia , Lack of vitamin C can scurvy.
27 "Historically, we know that Napoleon had had toothache in 1816 and this was put down to a mouth inflammation diagnosed as scurvy , " valuer Chris Albury said.
28 Blackthorne was famished and his mouth and body ached from the scurvy.
29 Vitamin C is an essential dietary component that plays an important health-giving role, and prolonged lack of the vitamin results in scurvy and eventually death.
30 Any of various plants of the genus Cochlearia, especially C. officinalis, of northern Europe, having pungent foliage and formerly used to cure scurvy .
More similar words: curvy, topsy-turvy, curve, curved, curving, curve ball, curvature, demand curve, curvaceous, supply curve, scurf, laffer curve, curvilinear, scurry, obscure, obscurity, obscurely, scurrying, scurrilous, discursive, chiaroscuro, obscuration, obscurantism, amicus curiae, camera obscura, nervy, survey, purvey, purview, survive.