squalidadjective
uk/ˈskwɒl.ɪd/us/ˈskwɑː.lɪd/squalid adjective (DIRTY)
disapproving (of places) extremely dirty and unpleasant, often because of lack of money:
Many prisons, even today, are overcrowded and squalid places.
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Dirty & untidy
- -stained
- all over the place idiom
- besmeared
- bespattered
- bloodstained
- cat
- inky
- look like something the cat brought/dragged in idiom
- manky
- messy
- mucky
- ragged
- sordid
- streaky
- tangle
- tangled
- tarnish
- tousled
- unclean
- unkempt
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squalid adjective (IMMORAL)
(of situations and activities) not moral; involving sex and drugs, etc. in an unpleasant way:
It's the usual squalid rock star tale of drugs, sex, and overdoses.
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Morally wrong and evil
- abhorrent
- amoral
- anomie
- arch-villain
- be rotten to the core idiom
- canker
- darkly
- evil
- evildoer
- go to the bad idiom
- godless
- hanky-panky
- heinous
- immoral
- scandalous
- seamy
- seedy
- shocking
- shockingly
- wickedness
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squalor
noun [ U ] uk/ˈskwɒl.ər/us/ˈskwɑː.lɚ/
It was a dirty, damp, smelly flat - the usual student squalor.