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Pronunciation:
[ skwˈɒlɪd], [ skwˈɒlɪd], [ s_k_w_ˈɒ_l_ɪ_d]
Squalid is a term that refers to something that is extremely dirty or in a state of neglect. There are several synonyms that can be used in place of squalid, such as dilapidated, rundown, shabby, filthy, grubby, dingy, sordid, and unclean. Dilapidated implies an overall state of disrepair or neglect, while rundown suggests that something has fallen into a state of ruination. Shabby generally indicates a state of shabbiness or threadbareness, while grubby refers to something that is dirty or grimy. Dingy implies a lack of light or cleanliness, while sordid suggests that something is morally or ethically repugnant. Finally, unclean refers simply to a state of being dirty or contaminated.
Related words: squalid conditions, poverty, poverty stricken, extreme poverty, malnourished
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Similar words for squalid:
- dirty (adjective)
- impure (adjective)
- mean (adjective)
- musty (adjective)
- poor (adjective)
- scrubby (adjective)
- seedy (adjective)
- slovenly (adjective)
- unclean (adjective)
- base (adjective)
- filthy (adjective)
- foul (adjective)
- grimy (adjective)
- grubby (adjective)
- mangy (adjective)
- miserable (adjective)
- murky (adjective)
- nasty (adjective)
- shabby (adjective)
- sleazy (adjective)
- sordid (adjective)
- unchaste (adjective)
- dirty (verb)
Synonyms for Squalid:
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adj.
• dirty- Dreggy ,
- Dungy ,
- disarrayed ,
- dishabille ,
- grimy ,
- scummier ,
- straggly ,
- unclean ,
- undusted ,
- unlaundered ,
- indecent ,
- mung ,
- yucky .
- down at heel ,
- down-at-heel ,
- lowborn ,
- second class ,
- proletarian ,
- second rate ,
- second-class ,
- second-rate ,
- secondrate .
- bankrupt ,
- beggarly ,
- bereft ,
- busted ,
- destitute ,
- dilapidated ,
- distressed ,
- down-and-out ,
- embarrassed ,
- hand-to-mouth ,
- have-not ,
- homeless ,
- impoverished ,
- pauper ,
- penniless ,
- penurious ,
- poor ,
- poverty-stricken ,
- scruffy .
- dog-eared ,
- down at the heel ,
- gone to seed ,
- in a bad way ,
- used up ,
- dog eared ,
- dogeared ,
- gone seed ,
- in bad way ,
- more dog eared ,
- more dog-eared ,
- more dogeared ,
- more down at the heel ,
- more down-at-the-heel ,
- more sagging ,
- more wilted ,
- more wilting ,
- most dog eared ,
- most dog-eared ,
- most dogeared ,
- most down at the heel ,
- most down-at-the-heel ,
- most sagging ,
- most wilted ,
- most wilting ,
- over grown ,
- over-grown .
- crummy ,
- defiled ,
- dingy ,
- disgusting ,
- dusty ,
- festering ,
- fetid ,
- foul ,
- grungy ,
- icky ,
- impure ,
- infectious ,
- insalubrious ,
- mucky ,
- muddy ,
- obscene ,
- odious ,
- offensive ,
- putrescent ,
- putrid ,
- scatological ,
- septic ,
- smutty ,
- toxic ,
- unhygenic ,
- unsanitary ,
- untidy .
- dis graceful ,
- dis honorable ,
- dis reputable ,
- dis-graceful ,
- dis-honorable ,
- dis-reputable ,
- grovelling ,
- in delicate ,
- in-delicate ,
- menial ,
- more grovelling ,
- most grovelling ,
- un worthier ,
- un worthiest ,
- un worthy ,
- un-worthier ,
- un-worthiest ,
- un-worthy .
- fecal ,
- more blackened ,
- more fecal ,
- more feculent ,
- more verminous ,
- most blackened ,
- most fecal ,
- most feculent ,
- most verminous ,
- soilier ,
- soiliest ,
- yecchier ,
- yecchiest .
- duner ,
- dunest ,
- dusk ,
- dusker ,
- duskest ,
- mis tier ,
- mis-tier ,
- more darkened ,
- more glowering ,
- more nubilous ,
- most darkened ,
- most glowering ,
- most nubilous ,
- over cast ,
- over-cast .
- beastlier ,
- beastliest ,
- bummest ,
- dis agreeable ,
- dis tasteful ,
- dis-agreeable ,
- dis-tasteful ,
- mephitic ,
- objectionable ,
- un appetizing ,
- un godlier ,
- un godliest ,
- un godly ,
- un holier ,
- un holiest ,
- un holy ,
- un kind ,
- un kinder ,
- un kindest ,
- un pleasant ,
- un-appetizing ,
- un-godlier ,
- un-godliest ,
- un-godly ,
- un-holier ,
- un-holiest ,
- un-holy ,
- un-kind ,
- un-kinder ,
- un-kindest ,
- un-pleasant ,
- unholy .
- de generated ,
- de solate ,
- de-generated ,
- de-solate ,
- dis figured ,
- dis-figured ,
- more degenerated ,
- more deteriorating ,
- more disfigured ,
- more frayed ,
- most degenerated ,
- most deteriorating ,
- most disfigured ,
- most frayed ,
- rickety .
-
v.
• dirty- bloodstained ,
- grotty ,
- impurity ,
- turbid ,
- used .
Other synonyms:
- low-down .
- ignoble .
- low .
Other relevant words:
- Decaying ,
- Deteriorated ,
- Grewsome ,
- Lutose ,
- Ordurous ,
- Reeky ,
- Sloshy ,
- Soily ,
- Unscoured ,
- abhorrent ,
- abject ,
- abominable ,
- abysmal ,
- ailing ,
- amoral ,
- arrant ,
- atrocious ,
- awful ,
- bad ,
- base ,
- battered ,
- beastly ,
- beat-up ,
- bedraggled ,
- befouled ,
- begrimed ,
- beneath contempt ,
- besmeared ,
- besmirched ,
- black ,
- blameworthy ,
- bloody ,
- blowzy ,
- broken-down ,
- brutal ,
- bum ,
- cadaverous ,
- cheap ,
- cheesy ,
- chintzy ,
- contaminated ,
- contemptible ,
- crappy ,
- cruddy ,
- damaged ,
- dark ,
- debased ,
- debilitated ,
- decayed ,
- defile ,
- degenerate ,
- degraded ,
- deplorable ,
- depraved ,
- despicable ,
- detestable ,
- deviant ,
- dire ,
- disgraceful ,
- dismal ,
- disreputable ,
- distasteful ,
- down-at-the-heel ,
- draggled ,
- dreadful ,
- dreary ,
- egregious ,
- enfeebled ,
- enormous ,
- evil ,
- execrable ,
- feculent ,
- flagrant ,
- fly-blown ,
- flyblown ,
- foetid ,
- forlorn ,
- frowsy ,
- frowzy ,
- frumpish ,
- frumpy ,
- fulsome ,
- fusty ,
- ghastly ,
- gory ,
- grave ,
- grievous ,
- grim ,
- grime ,
- grisly ,
- gross ,
- gruesome ,
- haggard ,
- hateful ,
- heinous ,
- hoggish ,
- horrible ,
- horrid ,
- ignominious ,
- ill-smelling ,
- immoral ,
- in rags ,
- indisposed ,
- infamous ,
- infirm ,
- informal ,
- insanitary ,
- lamentable ,
- little ,
- loathsome ,
- loose ,
- lousy ,
- low-class ,
- low-grade ,
- lowly ,
- lumpen ,
- maculate ,
- maggoty ,
- mangy ,
- mean ,
- measly ,
- miry ,
- miserable ,
- moldy ,
- monstrous ,
- moth-eaten ,
- mussy ,
- musty ,
- nefarious ,
- neglected ,
- negligent ,
- noisome ,
- notorious ,
- obnoxious ,
- odorous ,
- outrageous ,
- paltry ,
- peaked ,
- perverted ,
- petty ,
- piggish ,
- pitiable ,
- pitiful ,
- poky ,
- pollute ,
- polluted ,
- poor person ,
- poorly ,
- punk ,
- pussy ,
- ragged ,
- raggedy ,
- ramshackle ,
- rank ,
- ratty ,
- reeking ,
- regrettable ,
- repellent ,
- reprehensible ,
- reptilian ,
- repulsive ,
- right ,
- rotten ,
- ruinous ,
- run-down ,
- sad ,
- salacious ,
- scabby ,
- scandalous ,
- schlock ,
- scraggly ,
- scrubby ,
- scummy ,
- scurvy ,
- scuzzy ,
- seamy ,
- seedy ,
- shameful ,
- shattered ,
- shocking ,
- shoddy ,
- sickly ,
- sinful ,
- slack ,
- slatternly ,
- sleazy ,
- slimy ,
- slipshod ,
- slummocky ,
- slummy ,
- sluttish ,
- small ,
- smudged ,
- smudgy ,
- soiled ,
- sooty ,
- sorry ,
- spotted ,
- stain ,
- stained ,
- sullied ,
- tacky ,
- tainted ,
- tarnished ,
- tattered ,
- tatty ,
- terrible ,
- tinny ,
- too bad ,
- trashy ,
- tumbledown ,
- ugly ,
- unattractive ,
- unchaste ,
- uncleanly ,
- unethical ,
- unhygienic ,
- unmentionable ,
- unneat ,
- unpalatable ,
- unpurified ,
- unsavoury ,
- unseemly ,
- unsightly ,
- unstrained ,
- unswept ,
- unwashed ,
- unwell ,
- unwholesome ,
- unwiped ,
- villainous ,
- wicked ,
- woeful ,
- worn ,
- worst ,
- worthless ,
- wretched .
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How to use "Squalid" in context?
The word "squalid" has multiple definitions and can be used as both a noun and a verb. It is often used to describe something that is dirty and unkempt, or something that is low in quality. Some examples of things that might be described as squalid are a dirty room, a dirty city, or a dirty person.
One of the main reasons that something might be described as squalid is because of the dirt and debris that is present. This may be lint from clothing, dust from the floor, or even chunks of dried-up paint.
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Adjective
appalling.
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Homophones for Squalid:
- sell out, slide, salt, scaled, salty, sulidae, silt, sild, swallowed, scheelite, swellhead, salt away, seclude, slat, sackcloth, scald, sacculate, sled, shelled, sialidae, salt i, scheldt, squillidae, slatey, sallade, sialolith, sleety, solidity, swelled head, soiled, silty, sleet, scold, skillet, sexuality, skilled, so-called, shackled, sloth, solitude, swelled, scolytidae, salyut, squalidae, shell out, Soledad, solute, salute, schoolwide, shallot, sozzled, sullied, sold-out, skuld, sociality, sealed, slow-witted, soleidae, sallet, slut, slate, shielded, slideway, salaat, slit, saltate, school day, silhouette, salt ii, Sacculated, salad, sold, salted, suckled, secluded, solid, sleuth, shield, salat, soled, socialite, sally out, slaty, sellout, slot.
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