Cars and unemployment increased. Council houses took on a slummier look.
Source: wiktionary
Slummy
/ˈslʌmi/
Synonyms for "slummy" (31 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (9)
Adjective(4 words)
Related words (15)
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More general
3 entriesadjectival descriptorcondition descriptorpejorative term
More specific
6 entriesCollocations
6 entriesslummy areaslummy conditionsslummy districtslummy housingslummy neighborhoodslummy streets
Inflections
2 entriesDerivations
1 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
2 total sentences available.
The dreamer is a distinguished operatic artist, and, like all who have elected to follow, not the safely marked general highways of the day, but the adventure of the special, dimly audible call that comes to those whose ears are open within as well as without, she has had to make her way alone, through difficulties not commonly encountered, "through slummy, muddy streets"; she has known the dark night of the soul, Dante's "dark wood, midway in the journey of our life," and the sorrows of the pits of hell[.]
Source: wiktionary