The squalor of the slums is not for the faint hearted.
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Squalor
//ˈskwɑlɚ//
Synonyms for "squalor" (102 found)
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Closest matches (21)
Strong matches (30)
Related words (51)
miserablenessmiserymonstrousnessnastinessnefariousnessnegligencenoisomenessnotoriousnessobnoxiousnessodiousnessoffensivenessoutrageousnesspaltrinesspettinesspokinesspoornessranknessrepulsivenessrottennessscabbiness
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scandalousnessscrubbinessscruffinessscumminessscurvinessseedinessshabbinessshamefulnessshoddinessslatternlinessslipshodnesssloppinessslovenlinessslovenryslumminesssluttishnesssmallnesssqualiditysqualidnesstackinesstawdrinessterriblenessthe pitsuncleannessunneatnessuntidinessvicevilenessworthlessness
Noun(2 words)
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4 entriesderived
1 entriesdistinct from
1 entriesrelated to
1 entriesTranslations
45 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- мизерия noun (squalidness)
- мръсотия noun (squalidness)
Catalan
2 entries- indigència noun (squalidness)
- misèria noun (squalidness)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 骯髒 /肮脏 noun (squalidness)
Danish
2 entries- smuds noun (squalidness)
- snusk noun (squalidness)
Dutch
2 entries- miserabele omstandigheden noun (squalidness)
- weerzinwekkende vuiligheid noun (squalidness)
Finnish
2 entries- kurjuus noun (squalidness)
- surkeus noun (squalidness)
French
2 entries- conditions misérables noun (squalidness)
- saleté repoussante noun (squalidness)
Galician
4 entries- caiñeza noun (squalidness)
- gafura noun (squalidness)
- laceira noun (squalidness)
- pioca noun (squalidness)
German
4 entries- Dreck noun (squalidness)
- Elend noun (squalidness)
- Schmutz noun (squalidness)
- Unreinheit noun (squalidness)
Hungarian
3 entries- mocsok noun (squalidness)
- nyomor noun (squalidness)
- nélkülözés noun (squalidness)
Latin
1 entries- squālor noun (squalidness)
Māori
1 entries- hawa noun (squalidness)
Polish
2 entries- brud noun (squalidness)
- plugastwo noun (squalidness)
Portuguese
2 entries- esqualidez noun (squalidness)
- esqualor noun (squalidness)
Russian
2 entries- грязь noun (squalidness)
- убо́жество noun (squalidness)
Spanish
2 entries- inmundicia noun (squalidness)
- miseria noun (squalidness)
Swedish
4 entries- elände noun (squalidness)
- lort noun (squalidness)
- misär noun (squalidness)
- smuts noun (squalidness)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Dozens of astrological journals and newspapers are published; quackery drives out medicine; and all this mystical squalor is justified in every possible way by philosophical argumentation.
Source: tatoeba (10147375)
Yanni was living in squalor.
Source: tatoeba (10158250)
The heterogenous indigent multitude, everywhere wearing nearly the same aspect of squalor.
Source: wiktionary
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