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  • 121nasty — [adj1] disgusting, offensive awful, beastly, bum*, dirty, disagreeable, fierce, filthy, foul, gross, grubby, hellish, horrible, horrid, icky*, impure, loathsome, lousy, malodorous, mephitic, murderous*, nauseating, noisome, noxious, objectionable …

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  • 122sordidly — adverb in a sordid or squalid way • Syn: ↑squalidly • Derived from adjective: ↑squalid (for: ↑squalidly), ↑sordid …

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  • 123squalor — n. the state of being filthy or squalid. Etymology: L, as SQUALID …

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  • 124squalidity — skwäˈlidəd.ē, wȯˈ , wāˈ noun ( es) Etymology: Late Latin squaliditas, from Latin squalidus squalid + itas ity : the quality or state of being squalid …

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  • 125DISPLACED PERSONS — DISPLACED PERSONS, term for the hundreds of thousands of Jewish refugees and millions of non Jews uprooted by the devastation of World War II, a large proportion of whom wound up in Displaced Persons camps set up by the victorious Allied forces… …

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  • 126Amid — Amidst A*midst , Amid A*mid , prep. [OE. amidde, amiddes, on midden, AS. on middan, in the middle, fr. midde the middle. The s is an adverbial ending, originally marking the genitive; the t is a later addition, as in whilst, amongst, alongst. See …

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  • 127Amidst — A*midst , Amid A*mid , prep. [OE. amidde, amiddes, on midden, AS. on middan, in the middle, fr. midde the middle. The s is an adverbial ending, originally marking the genitive; the t is a later addition, as in whilst, amongst, alongst. See… …

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  • 128Filthier — Filthy Filth y, a. [Compar. {Filthier}; superl. {Filthiest}.] Defiled with filth, whether material or moral; nasty; dirty; polluted; foul; impure; obscene. In the filthy mantled pool. Shak. [1913 Webster] He which is filthy let him be filthy… …

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