Meaning of SQUALID
| Pronunciation: | | 'skwâlid
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- [adj] 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"
- [adj] 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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| | Synonyms: | | dirty, disreputable, flyblown, seamy, seedy, sleazy, soiled, sordid, unclean |
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| | Definition: | | \Squal"id\, a. [L. squalidus, fr. squalere to be foul or
filthy.]
Dirty through neglect; foul; filthy; extremely dirty.
Uncomed his locks, and squalid his attrie. --Dryden.
Those squalid dens, which are the reproach of large
capitals. --Macaulay.
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