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View usage for: (skwɒləʳ) uncountable nounYou can refer to very dirty, unpleasant conditions as squalor. He was out of work and living in squalor. Synonyms: filth, wretchedness, sleaziness, decay More Synonyms of squalor squalor in British English (ˈskwɒlə) nounthe condition or quality of being squalid; disgusting dirt and filth Word origin C17: from Latin squalor in American English (ˈskwɑlər; ˈskwɔlər) noun the quality or condition of being squalid; filth and wretchedness Word origin L, foulness, akin to squalere, to be filthy Examples of 'squalor' in a sentencesqualor The sharpest writing is found in evaluations of social hierarchies and disgusted descriptions of squalor and dirt.The industrial revolution brought public squalor, poverty and high infant mortality.Of course, neither poverty nor environmental squalor will be abolished by such an approach. In other languagessqualor British English: squalor NOUN You can refer to very dirty, unpleasant conditions as squalor. He was out of work and living in squalor. - American English: squalor
- Brazilian Portuguese: miséria
- Chinese: 脏乱环境
- European Spanish: miseria
- French: conditions sordides
- German: Elend
- Italian: squallore
- Japanese: むさ苦しさ
- Korean: 누추한 상태
- European Portuguese: miséria
- Latin American Spanish: miseria
Definition the condition of being squalid He was out of work and living in squalor. Synonyms wretchedness sleaziness decay foulness slumminess squalidness Opposites luxury , splendour , cleanliness , neatness , fine condition , pleasantness Additional synonymsthe meanness of our surroundings Synonyms shabbiness, squalor, insignificance, pettiness, wretchedness, seediness, tawdriness, sordidness, scruffiness, humbleness, poorness, paltriness, beggarliness, contemptibleness - squalid
- squall
- squally
- squalor
- squander
- square
- square something up
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