squalid English

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squalid Adjective

— If something is squalid, it is very dirty. s subway is squalid.

squalid

— adjective (= flyblown, sordid) foul and run-down and repulsive a flyblown bar on the edge of town a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town squalid living conditions sordid shantytowns

— adjective (= seamy, seedy, sleazy, sordid) morally degraded a seedy district the seamy side of life sleazy characters hanging around casinos sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls — Seattle Weekly the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils — James Joyce the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal

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sordid

dirty

filthy

seedy

sleazy

wretched

miserable

shabby

poor

foul

forlorn

flyblown

abject

unenviable

smutty

seamy

scummy

pitiful

nasty

mean

meager

low

impure

grimy

dismal

dingy

beggarly

bedraggled

base

villainous

vile

ungentle

unclean

unblest

unblessed

tumble-down

stench

soiled

sluttish

slummy

slovenly

slobbery

slipshod

scrimy

scabrous

ragged

putrid

piggish

muddy

miry