squalidadj.

Brit.

/ˈskwɒlɪd/, U.S.

/ˈskwɔlᵻd/,

/ˈskwɑlᵻd/

Forms: Also 1500s–1700s squallid, 1600s squaled.

Etymology: < Latin squālidus, < squālēre to be dry, rough, dirty, etc. So Italian squallido, Old French squalide, scalide, Portuguese esqualido.

I. Characterized by filth; foul, wretched.

a. Naturally foul and repulsive by the presence of slime, mud, etc., and the absence of all cultivation or care.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > [adjective] > dirty and loathsome

vilea1300

lousyc1386

vild1568

squalid1591

nasky1611

clatty1632

tetrous1637

foede1657

pah1689

feculent1703

cruddy1877

crutting1925

ranchy1959

ucky1963

grody1965

1591 E. Spenser Virgil's Gnat in Complaints sig. K2^v The squalid lakes of Tartarie, And griesly Feends of hell him terrifie.

1664 H. More Apol. in Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 565 Those that seek for Inspirations and Revelations in By-holes amongst the squallid Sepulchers of the dead.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 143 All these Cocytus bounds with squalid Reeds, With Muddy Ditches, and with deadly Weeds.

1743 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Odes (new ed.) I. ii. ix. 221 Nor everlasting Rain deforms The squalid Fields.

1886 J. Ruskin Præterita II. v. 150 No squalid fields of mud and thistles.

b. In general use: repulsive or loathsome to look at.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > ugliness > [adjective] > hideous

loathlyc900

grislya1150

hideous1303

unherlyc1325

bysenc1375

vilely1398

laidlya1400

squalid1620

frightful1700

gorgonesque1888

1620 T. Dekker Dreame sig. D4^v Then clapping their obstreperous Squallid Wings, Each of them on the frozen Ruffian dings Such bitter blasts.

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 718 The skin will..be covered over with ecthyma, impetigo, or some other squallid eruption.

2. Foul through neglect or want of cleanliness; repulsively mean and filthy:

a. Of clothing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > [adjective] > dirty and mean

ungoderlyc1400

sluttish?1529

squalid1596

scrubbing1603

sordid1611

snotty1681

frowzy1710

grub1719

seedy1725

unkempt1838

grubby1844

crumby1859

ratty1867

scruffy1871

scrutty1914

scummy1932

ribby1936

raunchy1937

sleazy1941

scroungy1948

manky1958

skanky1963

grungy1965

scungy1966

scuzzy1969

scrungy1974

skeevy1976

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. i. sig. M7^v They saw a Squire in squallid weed, Lamenting sore his sorowfull sad tyne.

1623 P. Massinger Duke of Millaine iii. i. sig. F4^v Nor come I as a Slaue, Piniond and fetterd, in a squallid weed.

?1624 G. Chapman tr. Crowne Homers Wks. 131 Although a God he were Clad in a squallid sheepskinn.

1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xvii. 412 A figure despicable, old, and poor, In squalid vests with many a gaping rent.

b. Of dwellings or similar places.

ΚΠ

1628 T. May tr. J. Barclay in R. Le Grys tr. J. Barclay Argenis ii. 107 Those valiant Chiefes..In a darke squallid Dungeon must not dye.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1654 (1955) III. 121 'Tis certainely a squalid den made in the rock.

1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Disowned 53 Some squalid and obscure quarter of the city.

1845 B. Disraeli Sybil II. iv. viii. 243 The general appearance of the room however though dingy, was not squalid.

1891 F. W. Farrar Darkness & Dawn I. xii. 92 The squalid taverns and lodging-houses of the poorest of that vast and mongrel populace.

c. Of persons, their appearance, etc.

ΚΠ

1647 H. More Philos. Poems 270 Why gaze you thus on my sad squalid face.

1662 H. Hibbert Exercitationes Theologicæ 17 in Syntagma Theologicum When God beholds us as we are in our selves we appear vile and squallid.

1729 G. Shelvocke, Jr. tr. K. Siemienowicz Great Art Artillery v. 338 Together with the Inferior Prisoners all Dirty, Dejected, Squallid, and as it were half starved.

1780 Mirror No. 70 The squalid and death-like appearance of the good old man.

1834 T. Pringle Afr. Sketches 302 The prisoners..exhibited a strange array of wild and swarthy visages, squalid with neglect and misery.

1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 76 Is yon squalid peasant all That this proud nursery could breed?

1874 F. W. Farrar Silence & Voices of God i. 5 The poorest and most squalid savage.

absolute.1840 T. Hood Miss Kilmansegg iii, in New Monthly Mag. 60 400 Bravely she shone..As she sail'd through the crowd of squalid and poor.in combination.1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. i. iv. 34 Phantasms, squalid-horrid, shaking their dirk and muff.

3. Of qualities, conditions, etc.: Marked or characterized by filth, dirt, or squalor.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > [adjective] > dirty and mean > of qualities or conditions

squalid1621

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. ii. v. 111 Winter is like vnto it, vgly, foule, squalid.

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 242 Out of squallid wantonnesse they would overcharge their wide mouthes with pelo or other meat.

1785 W. Cowper Task i. 579 Strange! that a creature rational..should..prefer Such squalid sloth to honourable toil!

a1822 P. B. Shelley Charles I i, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 241 Here is health Followed by grim disease,..wealth by squalid want.

1849 D. M. Mulock Ogilvies xvii While squalid poverty grovels in between.

1875 A. Helps Social Pressure iii. 51 Without which in great towns the life of man will always be barbarous, squalid, and most unsatisfactory.

4. figurative. Wretched, miserable, morally repulsive or degraded.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > wretchedness > [adjective]

unledeeOE

sorryOE

evila1131

usellc1175

wanlichec1275

bad1276

sorry1372

meana1375

caitiff1393

loddera1400

woefula1400

foulc1400

wretched1450

meschant?1473

unselc1480

peevisha1522

miser1542

scurvy?1577

forlorn1582

villainous1582

measled1596

lamented1611

thrallfula1618

despicable1635

deplorable1642

so-and-so1656

poorish1657

squalida1660

lamentable1676

mesquina1706

shan1714

execrable1738

quisby1807

hole in the wall1822

measly1847

bum1878

shag-bag1888

snidey1890

pathetic1900

society > morality > moral evil > [adjective] > morally repulsive

uglya1300

misshapenc1400

deformed1555

slimy1575

squalida1660

a1660 Aphorismical Discov. in J. T. Gilbert Contemp. Hist. Ireland (1879) I. 277 To giue a luster unto the author and his squalled inuentions.

1797 E. Burke Lett. Peace Regic. France iii, in Wks. (1808) VIII. 313 The rest of the squalid tribe of the representatives of degraded kings.

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xiv. 253 Squalid contentment with conventions..betray[s] the ebb of life and spirit.

1890 Spectator 16 Aug. 200/2 What a morally squalid Session we have had!

II. Characterized by a dry, rough, or dull condition.

†5. Dry, parched; marked by drought. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [adjective] > arid or without water or moisture

waterlessOE

unwateryc1000

unwateredc1440

moistureless1562

droughty1596

floodless1606

squalid1615

arid1652

siccaneous1656

anhydrous1872

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 541 In a marrish and weeping ground no grasse is brought forth neither yet in a squallid and hot soile.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. i. i. i. 3 If the earth be barren then for want of raine, if dry and squalid, it yeeld no fruit.

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 194 They are great in autumne, and are best in a squalid yeare.

†6. Rough; shaggy; unkempt. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > [adjective] > rough > rough and hairy (of things)

shaggy?1611

shagged-ragged1612

squalid1628

brushy1682

buzzy1836

brush-like1859

brushy-looking1882

whiskery1927

1628 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 3) i. iii. ii. iv. 193 The skin is many times rough, squalid, especially..about the armes.

1633 P. Fletcher Piscatorie Eclogs vi. xi. 38 in Purple Island [Diana] with a mighty spear Flings down a bristled bore, or els a squalid bear.

1664 J. Evelyn Sylva 3 Divers of those [young trees] which are found in Woods..being overdripp'd become squalid and mossie.

1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature i. 17 I do not by this deny them to be poor, any more than I should deny a man to have a squalid beard by not shaving him.

7. Having a pinched and miserable appearance. Of complexion: having a dull unhealthy look.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > looking ill

wanc700

sunken?a1505

wersh?a1505

wearisha1535

waryish1565

sunk1578

chap-fallen1597

chop-fallen1604

squalid1661

sallow1747

sallowish1753

peaked1804

shilpit1813

shirpit1821

peely-wally1832

peakish1836

the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > paleness > [adjective]

blatec1000

whiteOE

greena1275

blakec1275

bleykea1300

wana1300

palec1330

bleach1340

pale and wan (wan and pale)c1374

colourlessc1380

deadlyc1385

deadc1386

bloodlessc1450

earthlyc1460

ruddylessc1460

wan visaged?a1513

wanny1555

as pale or white as a clout1557

bleak1566

mealy1566

pale-faced1570

ghastly1574

white-faced1577

bleakish1581

pallid1590

whiggish1590

tallow-faced1592

maid-pale1597

lily1600

whey-colour1602

lew1611

roseless1611

Hippocratical1615

cadaverousa1661

Hippocratic1681

smock-faced1684

white-looked1690

livid1728

as white (or pale) as a sheet1752

squalid1753

deathly1791

etiolated1791

light-skinned1802

suety1803

shilpit1813

blanched1828

tallowy1830

suet-faced1834

pasty1836

tallowish1838

whey-faced1847

pasty-faced1848

aghast1850

waxen1853

complexionless1863

light-skin1877

lily-cheeked1877

lardy1879

wan-faced1881

exsanguinous1889

wheatish1950

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 225 Sprats. They are squalid, leane, and not of copious aliment.

1753 Scots Mag. Oct. 516/1 Such as were of a squallid, or pale swarthy complexion.

a1776 R. James Vindic. Fever Powder in Diss. Fevers (1778) 123 [It causes] an uneasy sensation on the left side,..attended with a squalid countenance.

1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 31 Loaves made of adulterated flour are always low and squalid; i.e. they appear small for their weight.

1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham II. xiv. 136 His complexion sallow and squalid.

Derivatives

ˈsqualidly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > [adverb] > and mean

sordidly1645

squalidlya1704

grubbily1934

scruffily1977

a1704 T. Brown Walk round London in 3rd Vol. Wks. (1708) iii. 53 Their Dress [was] squallidly neglected.

1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Squalidly, in a squalid, filthy manner.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	squalid
释义	squalidadj. Brit. /ˈskwɒlɪd/, U.S. /ˈskwɔlᵻd/, /ˈskwɑlᵻd/ Forms: Also 1500s–1700s squallid, 1600s squaled. Etymology: < Latin squālidus, < squālēre to be dry, rough, dirty, etc. So Italian squallido, Old French squalide, scalide, Portuguese esqualido. I. Characterized by filth; foul, wretched. 1. a. Naturally foul and repulsive by the presence of slime, mud, etc., and the absence of all cultivation or care. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > [adjective] > dirty and loathsome vilea1300 lousyc1386 vild1568 squalid1591 nasky1611 clatty1632 tetrous1637 foede1657 pah1689 feculent1703 cruddy1877 crutting1925 ranchy1959 ucky1963 grody1965 1591 E. Spenser Virgil's Gnat in Complaints sig. K2^v The squalid lakes of Tartarie, And griesly Feends of hell him terrifie. 1664 H. More Apol. in Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 565 Those that seek for Inspirations and Revelations in By-holes amongst the squallid Sepulchers of the dead. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 143 All these Cocytus bounds with squalid Reeds, With Muddy Ditches, and with deadly Weeds. View more context for this quotation 1743 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Odes (new ed.) I. ii. ix. 221 Nor everlasting Rain deforms The squalid Fields. 1886 J. Ruskin Præterita II. v. 150 No squalid fields of mud and thistles. b. In general use: repulsive or loathsome to look at. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > ugliness > [adjective] > hideous loathlyc900 grislya1150 hideous1303 unherlyc1325 bysenc1375 vilely1398 laidlya1400 squalid1620 frightful1700 gorgonesque1888 1620 T. Dekker Dreame sig. D4^v Then clapping their obstreperous Squallid Wings, Each of them on the frozen Ruffian dings Such bitter blasts. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 718 The skin will..be covered over with ecthyma, impetigo, or some other squallid eruption. 2. Foul through neglect or want of cleanliness; repulsively mean and filthy: a. Of clothing. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > [adjective] > dirty and mean ungoderlyc1400 sluttish?1529 squalid1596 scrubbing1603 sordid1611 snotty1681 frowzy1710 grub1719 seedy1725 unkempt1838 grubby1844 crumby1859 ratty1867 scruffy1871 scrutty1914 scummy1932 ribby1936 raunchy1937 sleazy1941 scroungy1948 manky1958 skanky1963 grungy1965 scungy1966 scuzzy1969 scrungy1974 skeevy1976 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. i. sig. M7^v They saw a Squire in squallid weed, Lamenting sore his sorowfull sad tyne. View more context for this quotation 1623 P. Massinger Duke of Millaine iii. i. sig. F4^v Nor come I as a Slaue, Piniond and fetterd, in a squallid weed. ?1624 G. Chapman tr. Crowne Homers Wks. 131 Although a God he were Clad in a squallid sheepskinn. 1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xvii. 412 A figure despicable, old, and poor, In squalid vests with many a gaping rent. b. Of dwellings or similar places. ΚΠ 1628 T. May tr. J. Barclay in R. Le Grys tr. J. Barclay Argenis ii. 107 Those valiant Chiefes..In a darke squallid Dungeon must not dye. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1654 (1955) III. 121 'Tis certainely a squalid den made in the rock. 1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Disowned 53 Some squalid and obscure quarter of the city. 1845 B. Disraeli Sybil II. iv. viii. 243 The general appearance of the room however though dingy, was not squalid. 1891 F. W. Farrar Darkness & Dawn I. xii. 92 The squalid taverns and lodging-houses of the poorest of that vast and mongrel populace. c. Of persons, their appearance, etc. ΚΠ 1647 H. More Philos. Poems 270 Why gaze you thus on my sad squalid face. 1662 H. Hibbert Exercitationes Theologicæ 17 in Syntagma Theologicum When God beholds us as we are in our selves we appear vile and squallid. 1729 G. Shelvocke, Jr. tr. K. Siemienowicz Great Art Artillery v. 338 Together with the Inferior Prisoners all Dirty, Dejected, Squallid, and as it were half starved. 1780 Mirror No. 70 The squalid and death-like appearance of the good old man. 1834 T. Pringle Afr. Sketches 302 The prisoners..exhibited a strange array of wild and swarthy visages, squalid with neglect and misery. 1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 76 Is yon squalid peasant all That this proud nursery could breed? 1874 F. W. Farrar Silence & Voices of God i. 5 The poorest and most squalid savage. absolute.1840 T. Hood Miss Kilmansegg iii, in New Monthly Mag. 60 400 Bravely she shone..As she sail'd through the crowd of squalid and poor.in combination.1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. i. iv. 34 Phantasms, squalid-horrid, shaking their dirk and muff. 3. Of qualities, conditions, etc.: Marked or characterized by filth, dirt, or squalor. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > [adjective] > dirty and mean > of qualities or conditions squalid1621 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. ii. v. 111 Winter is like vnto it, vgly, foule, squalid. 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 242 Out of squallid wantonnesse they would overcharge their wide mouthes with pelo or other meat. 1785 W. Cowper Task i. 579 Strange! that a creature rational..should..prefer Such squalid sloth to honourable toil! a1822 P. B. Shelley Charles I i, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 241 Here is health Followed by grim disease,..wealth by squalid want. 1849 D. M. Mulock Ogilvies xvii While squalid poverty grovels in between. 1875 A. Helps Social Pressure iii. 51 Without which in great towns the life of man will always be barbarous, squalid, and most unsatisfactory. 4. figurative. Wretched, miserable, morally repulsive or degraded. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > wretchedness > [adjective] unledeeOE sorryOE evila1131 usellc1175 wanlichec1275 bad1276 sorry1372 meana1375 caitiff1393 loddera1400 woefula1400 foulc1400 wretched1450 meschant?1473 unselc1480 peevisha1522 miser1542 scurvy?1577 forlorn1582 villainous1582 measled1596 lamented1611 thrallfula1618 despicable1635 deplorable1642 so-and-so1656 poorish1657 squalida1660 lamentable1676 mesquina1706 shan1714 execrable1738 quisby1807 hole in the wall1822 measly1847 bum1878 shag-bag1888 snidey1890 pathetic1900 society > morality > moral evil > [adjective] > morally repulsive uglya1300 misshapenc1400 deformed1555 slimy1575 squalida1660 a1660 Aphorismical Discov. in J. T. Gilbert Contemp. Hist. Ireland (1879) I. 277 To giue a luster unto the author and his squalled inuentions. 1797 E. Burke Lett. Peace Regic. France iii, in Wks. (1808) VIII. 313 The rest of the squalid tribe of the representatives of degraded kings. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xiv. 253 Squalid contentment with conventions..betray[s] the ebb of life and spirit. 1890 Spectator 16 Aug. 200/2 What a morally squalid Session we have had! II. Characterized by a dry, rough, or dull condition. †5. Dry, parched; marked by drought. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [adjective] > arid or without water or moisture waterlessOE unwateryc1000 unwateredc1440 moistureless1562 droughty1596 floodless1606 squalid1615 arid1652 siccaneous1656 anhydrous1872 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 541 In a marrish and weeping ground no grasse is brought forth neither yet in a squallid and hot soile. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. i. i. i. 3 If the earth be barren then for want of raine, if dry and squalid, it yeeld no fruit. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 194 They are great in autumne, and are best in a squalid yeare. †6. Rough; shaggy; unkempt. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > [adjective] > rough > rough and hairy (of things) shaggy?1611 shagged-ragged1612 squalid1628 brushy1682 buzzy1836 brush-like1859 brushy-looking1882 whiskery1927 1628 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 3) i. iii. ii. iv. 193 The skin is many times rough, squalid, especially..about the armes. 1633 P. Fletcher Piscatorie Eclogs vi. xi. 38 in Purple Island [Diana] with a mighty spear Flings down a bristled bore, or els a squalid bear. 1664 J. Evelyn Sylva 3 Divers of those [young trees] which are found in Woods..being overdripp'd become squalid and mossie. 1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature i. 17 I do not by this deny them to be poor, any more than I should deny a man to have a squalid beard by not shaving him. 7. Having a pinched and miserable appearance. Of complexion: having a dull unhealthy look. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > looking ill wanc700 sunken?a1505 wersh?a1505 wearisha1535 waryish1565 sunk1578 chap-fallen1597 chop-fallen1604 squalid1661 sallow1747 sallowish1753 peaked1804 shilpit1813 shirpit1821 peely-wally1832 peakish1836 the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > paleness > [adjective] blatec1000 whiteOE greena1275 blakec1275 bleykea1300 wana1300 palec1330 bleach1340 pale and wan (wan and pale)c1374 colourlessc1380 deadlyc1385 deadc1386 bloodlessc1450 earthlyc1460 ruddylessc1460 wan visaged?a1513 wanny1555 as pale or white as a clout1557 bleak1566 mealy1566 pale-faced1570 ghastly1574 white-faced1577 bleakish1581 pallid1590 whiggish1590 tallow-faced1592 maid-pale1597 lily1600 whey-colour1602 lew1611 roseless1611 Hippocratical1615 cadaverousa1661 Hippocratic1681 smock-faced1684 white-looked1690 livid1728 as white (or pale) as a sheet1752 squalid1753 deathly1791 etiolated1791 light-skinned1802 suety1803 shilpit1813 blanched1828 tallowy1830 suet-faced1834 pasty1836 tallowish1838 whey-faced1847 pasty-faced1848 aghast1850 waxen1853 complexionless1863 light-skin1877 lily-cheeked1877 lardy1879 wan-faced1881 exsanguinous1889 wheatish1950 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 225 Sprats. They are squalid, leane, and not of copious aliment. 1753 Scots Mag. Oct. 516/1 Such as were of a squallid, or pale swarthy complexion. a1776 R. James Vindic. Fever Powder in Diss. Fevers (1778) 123 [It causes] an uneasy sensation on the left side,..attended with a squalid countenance. 1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 31 Loaves made of adulterated flour are always low and squalid; i.e. they appear small for their weight. 1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham II. xiv. 136 His complexion sallow and squalid. Derivatives ˈsqualidly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > [adverb] > and mean sordidly1645 squalidlya1704 grubbily1934 scruffily1977 a1704 T. Brown Walk round London in 3rd Vol. Wks. (1708) iii. 53 Their Dress [was] squallidly neglected. 1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Squalidly, in a squalid, filthy manner. 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