noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Filthiness and degradation, as from neglect or poverty uncountable, usually

   "The heterogenous indigent multitude, everywhere wearing nearly the same aspect of squalor."

2. 2
   sordid dirtiness wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

foulnesssordidnesssqualidnesswretchednessabjectnessabominableness

Example

More examples

"The squalor of the slums is not for the faint hearted."

Etymology

From the Latin squālor.

Related phrases

senile squalor syndrome

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