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   squalid

   /ˈskwɒlɪd/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a place) extremely dirty and unpleasant, especially as a result of poverty or neglect: "the squalid, overcrowded prison" Similar dirtyfilthygrubbygrimymuckyslummyslumlikefoulvilelowpoorsorrywretcheddismaldingymiserablemeannastyseedyshabbysordidsleazyinsalubriousslovenlyrepulsivedisgustingneglecteduncared-forunmaintainedbroken-downrun downdown at heeldilapidatedramshackletumbledowngone to rack and ruincrumblingdecayinginformal:scruffyscuzzycrummyshamblygrungyrattytackygrottyshackyOpposite cleanpleasant
   • ▪ showing or involving a contemptible lack of moral standards: "a squalid attempt to save themselves from electoral embarrassment" Similar impropersordidunseemlyunsavourysleazyseedyseamyshoddyvilefoultawdrylouchecheapbaselowlow-mindednastydebaseddegeneratedepravedcorruptdishonestdishonourabledisreputabledespicablediscreditabledisgracefulcontemptibleignominiousignobleshamefulwretchedabhorrentodiousabominabledisgustinginformal:sleazoidOpposite properdecent

   Word Origin late 16th century: from Latin squalidus, from squalere ‘be rough or dirty’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. squalidly adverb
   • 2. squalidity noun
   • 3. squalidness noun

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   What does squalidus mean?

   • From Latin squalidus, from squalere "˜be rough or dirty'. Here are squalid streets and mean houses typical of the poorest class of inhabitants. The modern er-Riha is a poor squalid village of, it is estimated, about 300 inhabitants. Many squalid districts, however, have been improved away to make room for new thoroughfares and handsome buildings.

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   What is a squalid place?

   • A squalid place is dirty, untidy, and in bad condition. He followed her up a rickety staircase to a squalid bedsit. The migrants have been living in squalid conditions. Squalid activities are unpleasant and often dishonest. They called the bill 'a squalid measure'. ...the squalid pursuit of profit. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

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   What is squalid?

   • Definition of squalid adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (of places and living conditions) very dirty and unpleasant synonym filthy Conditions in the camp were squalid. (of situations or activities) involving low moral standards or dishonest behaviour synonym sordid It was a squalid affair involving prostitutes and drugs.

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   What does squalidness mean?

   • All these different objects fully make up for whatever amount of dirtiness may occasionally be met with. They're all a flash in the pan, and moonshine and dirtiness. They combine personal vanity with an inconceivable degree of dirtiness. Squal′idness; Squal′or, state of being squalid: dirtiness: filthiness.

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   Squalid means extremely dirty and unpleasant, often because of lack of money, or involving sex and drugs in an unpleasant way. Learn more about the word, its pronunciation, and translations in different languages.

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     SQUALID meaning: 1. (of places) extremely dirty and...

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     SQUALID translate: miserable, sucio, escuálido miserable....

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     squalid translate: kumuh. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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     squalid translate: verwahrlost. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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     SQUALID translate: bẩn thỉu. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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   The meaning of SQUALID is marked by filthiness and degradation from neglect or poverty. How to use squalid in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Squalid.

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   Squalid things appear neglected, or morally repulsive in nature, like a frat house after a semester of hard partying and zero cleanup. Squalid comes from the Latin word squalere, meaning to “be covered with a rough, scaly layer.”.

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   Squalid means dirty, untidy, and in bad condition, or unpleasant and dishonest. Learn the synonyms, pronunciation, and usage of squalid with sentences and translations.

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   Define squalid. squalid synonyms, squalid pronunciation, squalid translation, English dictionary definition of squalid. adj. 1. Dirty or deteriorated, especially from poverty or lack of care. See Synonyms at dirty. 2. Morally repulsive; sordid: "the squalid atmosphere of...

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