A renowned tactician, Christopher Columbus once downed an entire pirate fleet by stealing all of their fruits and vegetables, thus giving them scurvy.
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Scurvy
//ˈskɜːvi//
Synonyms for "scurvy" (319 found)
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Noun(23 words)
Adjective(12 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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Adjective(23 words)
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Adjective(46 words)
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1 entriesTranslations
57 translations across 44 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- إِسْقَرْبُوط noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
Armenian
2 entries- լնդախտ noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
- ցինգա noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
Bashkir
1 entries- зәңге noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
Bulgarian
1 entries- скорбут noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
Catalan
1 entries- escorbut noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 壞血病 /坏血病 noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
Czech
1 entries- kurděje noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
Danish
1 entries- skørbug noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
Dutch
2 entries- scheurbuik noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
- scorbuut noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
Esperanto
1 entries- skorbuto noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
Finnish
1 entries- keripukki noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
French
1 entries- scorbut noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
Georgian
3 entries- ბარლოუს დაავადება noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
- სკორბუტი noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
- სურავანდი noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
German
2 entries- Scharbock noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
- Skorbut noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
Greek
1 entries- σκορβούτο noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
Hindi
1 entries- स्कर्वी noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
Hungarian
1 entries- skorbut noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
Icelandic
1 entries- skyrbjúgur noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
Italian
1 entries- scorbuto noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
Japanese
1 entries- 壊血病 noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
Kazakh
2 entries- діңгене noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
- құрқұлақ noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
Kildin Sami
1 entries- цыӈӈьк noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
Korean
1 entries- 괴혈병 noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
Latin
1 entries- scorbutus noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
Macedonian
1 entries- ско́рбут noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
Malay
2 entries- saratan noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
- seriawan noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- skjørbuk noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- skjørbuk noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- اسقوربوت noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
Persian
3 entries- اسقربوط noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
- اسکربوت noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
- فسادالدم noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
Polish
1 entries- szkorbut noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
Portuguese
1 entries- escorbuto noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
Romanian
1 entries- scorbut noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
Russian
2 entries- ско́рбут noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
- цинга́ noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- skòrbut noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
- ско̀рбут noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
Slovene
1 entries- skorbut noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
Spanish
1 entries- escorbuto noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
Swedish
1 entries- skörbjugg noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
Tagalog
1 entries- eskorbuto noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
Tatar
1 entries- зәңгелә noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
Thai
1 entries- ลักปิดลักเปิด noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
Turkish
1 entries- iskorbüt noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
Vietnamese
1 entries- scorbut noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
Welsh
3 entries- clefri poeth noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
- llwg noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
- sgyrfi noun (disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C)
Sample sentences
36 total sentences available.
Tom has scurvy.
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Scurvy, a disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin C, long ago plagued sailors who ate no citrus fruits.
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We'll surely avoid scurvy if we all eat an orange.
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