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Squalid has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

Any member of the family Squalidae of dogfish sharks.

Adjective
1

morally degraded

"a seedy district"

"the seamy side of life"

"sleazy characters hanging around casinos"

"sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"

"the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"

"the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal"

2

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"

3

Extremely dirty and unpleasant.

Example Sentences
"a seedy district" adjective
"the seamy side of life" adjective
"sleazy characters hanging around casinos" adjective
"sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls" adjective
"the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils" adjective
"the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal" adjective
"a flyblown bar on the edge of town" adjective
"a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town" adjective
"squalid living conditions" adjective
"sordid shantytowns" adjective
See Also
squalor reechy dingy den puppy mill stinkhole mangy unpleasant
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
lid flid slid glid olid sulid melid nolid colid gelid unlid felid julid belid eqlid molid hylid pilid halid tylid
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