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Definition of Squalid

1. Adjective. Morally degraded. "The squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal"

2. Adjective. Foul and run-down and repulsive. "Sordid shantytowns"

Definition of Squalid

1. a. Dirty through neglect; foul; filthy; extremely dirty.

Definition of Squalid

1. Adjective. Extremely dirty and unpleasant. ¹

2. Adjective. Showing a contemptible lack of moral standards. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Squalid

1. marked by filthiness caused by neglect or poverty [adj -IDER, -IDEST]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Squalid

squailers squailing squails squaimous squalamine squalane squalene squalene-hopene cyclase squalene cyclase squalene epoxidase

squalene epoxidase-cyclase squalene synthase squalene synthetase squalenes squali squalid (current term) squalider squalidest squalidities squalidity

squalidly squalidness squalidnesses squaliform squall squall line squalled squaller squallers squallier

Literary usage of Squalid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Post-prandial Philosophy by Grant Allen (1894)
"A squalid VILLAGE. STRANGE that the wealthiest class in the wealthiest country in the world should so long have been content to inhabit a squalid village! ..."

2. Post-prandial Philosophy by Grant Allen (1894)
"A squalid VILLAGE. STRANGE that the wealthiest class in the wealthiest country in the world should so long have been content to inhabit a squalid village ! ..."

3. Annual Report by Fairmount Park Art Association (1903)
"So much around them is squalid and vulgar; the tone of our political institutions, the tone of our shows, and the atmosphere creep into the schools. ..."

4. Dictionary of Painters and Engravers: Biographical and Critical by Michael Bryan (1886)
"... thorn a. black and squalid appearance. The dates of her birth and death are not .... squalid ..."

5. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1836)
"With beards half an inch long, squalid and thin, we hardly seemed worth piloting into port. But we were strangers, and they took us in. ..."

6. Darkness and Daylight; Or, Lights and Shadows of New York Life: A Woman's by Helen Campbell, Thomas Wallace Knox, Thomas Byrnes (1892)
"... Garbage, and Rags—squalid and Filthy Homes — Swarming in Great Tenement Houses — Maccaroni and Oil — The Monkey-Trainer — Rag-Pickers in Cellars and ..."

7. Darkness and Daylight; Or, Lights and Shadows of New York Life: A Woman's by Helen Campbell, Thomas Wallace Knox, Thomas Byrnes (1892)
"... and R;igs— squalid and Filthy Homes — Swarming in Great Tenement Houses — Maccaroni and Oil—The Monkey-Trainer — Rag-Pickers in Cellars and Basements ..."

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