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[ skwol-id, skwaw-lid ] / ˈskwɒl ɪd, ˈskwɔ lɪd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR squalid ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivefoul and repulsive, as from lack of care or cleanliness; neglected and filthy. wretched; miserable; degraded; sordid. Origin of squalid1585–95; <Latin squālidus dirty, equivalent to squāl(ēre) to be dirty, encrusted + -idus-id4 SYNONYMS FOR squalidSEE SYNONYMS FOR squalid ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for squalid1. See dirty. OTHER WORDS FROM squalidsqual·id·ly, adverbsqual·id·ness, squa·lid·i·ty [skwo-lid-i-tee], /skwɒˈlɪd ɪ ti/, nounWords nearby squalidsquadron, squadron leader, squad room, squadsman, squalene, squalid, squall, squall line, squally, squalor, squam- Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for squalidHis actions were cruel and vicious—and also squalid and contemptible. An ISIS Killer in His Own Awful Words|Miranda Frum|September 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST So Mandela was painfully slow in denouncing the squalid dictatorship of Robert Mugabe. Nelson Mandela Was Undeniably Great But He Doesn’t Need a Halo|Michael Moynihan|December 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST But the message belies the squalid reality of Sri Lanka under his rule. Mahinda Rajapaksa and Sri Lanka’s Reign of Terror|Kapil Komireddi|November 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST Much of the communities swallowed by the expansion of the city and the construction of the Bois de Boulogne are squalid. Charles Marville Captures the Rebirth of 1800s Paris in New Exhibition|William O’Connor|November 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Thousands lost their homes and were resettled in squalid temporary camps. Why Does Aung San Suu Kyi Not Speak Up?|Peter Popham|July 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST As their homes by neglect have grown shabby and squalid, so their industry has become calculating and sordid. Change in the Village|(AKA George Bourne) George Sturt Whatever they might be, they surely were hunger-stricken and squalid. The Light of Western Stars|Zane Grey But the villages were poor and squalid, and the houses mere hovels of mud. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852.|Various Despite the squalid clothes of the peasants, there are many picturesque aspects of rural life. Spanish Life in Town and Country|L. Higgin and Eugne E. Street It is impossible to associate respectability, to say nothing of fashion, with this evil-smelling, squalid thoroughfare. The Book-Hunter in London|William Roberts
British Dictionary definitions for squalid
adjectivedirty and repulsive, esp as a result of neglect or poverty sordid Derived forms of squalidsqualidity (skwɒˈlɪdɪtɪ) or squalidness, nounsqualidly, adverbWord Origin for squalidC16: from Latin squālidus, from squālēre to be stiff with dirt Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to squalidwretched, shabby, muddy, grimy, musty, fetid, dingy, ramshackle, seedy, filthy, sordid, abominable, base, broken-down, decayed, despicable, dirty, disgusting, disheveled, foul |