Definitions for: Squalid

[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"

Webster (1913) 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.

Synonyms: dirty, disreputable, flyblown, seamy, seedy, sleazy, soiled, sordid, unclean

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