scurvy
/ˈskɜːvi/adj
Middle School
1
Affected or covered with scurf (“skin disease causing flakes of skin to fall off”) or scabs; scurfy, scabby; also, of or relating to a skin disease causing scurf or to scurvy (noun noun sense 1).
2
Of growths on plants: resembling scurf; scurfy.
3
Of a person or thing: disgustingly mean; contemptible, despicable, low.
4
Of the way someone is treated: poor, shabby.
Thesaurus
#archaic#obsolete
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