squalidity

  • 11squalor — n misery, miserableness, poverty, wretchedness, squalidness, squalidity; sordidness, abjectness, abjection, slumminess, starkness; filth, dirt, foulness, vileness, fulsomeness, feculence, scumminess, muckiness, sliminess, smuttiness, grunginess,… …

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  • 12squalid — /ˈskwɒləd / (say skwoluhd) adjective 1. foul and repulsive, as from the want of care or cleanliness; dirty; filthy. 2. wretched; miserable; degraded. {Latin squālidus} –squalidly, adverb –squalidity /skwɒˈlɪdəti/ (say skwo liduhtee), squalidness …

  • 13squalid — [skwäl′id, skwôl′id] adj. [L squalidus < squalere, to be foul or filthy] 1. foul or unclean, esp. as the result of neglect or unsanitary conditions 2. wretched; miserable; sordid squalidity [skwä lid′ə tē, skwôlid′ə tē] n. squalidness… …

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  • 14squalid — adj. 1 filthy, repulsively dirty. 2 mean or poor in appearance. 3 wretched, sordid. Derivatives: squalidity n. squalidly adv. squalidness n. Etymology: L squalidus f. squalere be rough or dirty …

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