squalid

Examples

• All

• And what death promised was an end to all the ignoble and squalid concerns.

• It is a squalid affair.

  Fiction book (1990)

• The other thing which is squalid about Trump, and I hate it was his transactionalism.

  Danny Jones

• I am no longer interested in that squalid place of assignation between corrupt policemen and their female victims.

  Prince of the City (1981)

• Half the couples you see on those squalid beaches aren't even husbands and wives.

  Fiction book (1993)

• The playwright finds nobility in the most squalid corners and poetry in the most callused speech.

  Fiction book (1991)

• "It's time now to sweep away the squalid ones," said another elated supporter, Ignacio Gonzalez, using a description of the opposition Chavez employed during campaigning.

  Blog text (34)

• Poverty similarly demonized the drinker, although here economic indolence was in the home, where a brutalized wife and child emphasized the otherness of the alcoholic's squalid world.

  Academic text (2010)

• Personally, I think it is quite difficult to actually read, say, Thucydides, Tacitus, or Suetonius and maintain the assumption that life in antiquity was more worthy, noble, or honest than life in modern times; for the most part, it seems to be even more squalid, corrupt, and lacking in a coherent idea of worth.

  Academic text (1994)

• The squalid conditions of the abandoned building made it unsafe for anyone to enter.

Synonyms

V

vile

vssqualid

157 5.0

Very bad and morally wrong

describes moral degradation without the extreme wickedness or deep disgust implied

F

filthy

vssqualid

86 4.1

A person or action that is very bad and dishonest

is about lacking moral standards rather than being extremely wicked or vile

S

sleazy

vssqualid

• Offensive

65 6.5

Dishonest and having a dirty, unpleasant appearance or atmosphere

is more about general lack of moral decency than about corrupt appearance

S

sordid

vssqualid

46 7.5

Dirty and morally wrong, often involving dishonest or cruel acts

focuses on moral degradation in places or actions rather than on specific dishonest acts

S

seedy

vssqualid

• Informal

26 6.1

Looking dirty and run down and often linked to crime

focuses on moral degradation rather than mainly on physical neglect or shabbiness

W

wretched

vssqualid

• Offensive

15 7.1

Very bad in a moral way and deserving strong blame

is about moral degradation more than strong condemnation or severe contempt

S

seamy

vssqualid

6 8.4

The bad hidden side of a place or person, often connected to crime

is more about visible lack of moral standards rather than hidden ugliness

S

scummy

vssqualid

• Offensive

6 8.0

Very dishonest or cruel in a way that makes people feel disgusted

is less about harsh disgust and more about moral degradation

S

scuzzy

vssqualid

• Offensive

4 8.6

Dirty and unpleasant, like a place with sticky floors

is stronger about failing moral standards than casual disreputability

Antonyms

M

moral

∞ 3.7

Concerned with ideas of right and wrong in people's actions

D

decent

305 1.6

Socially acceptable and proper for a situation

How Moral

virtuous

35 4.3

immoral

144 4.6

sordid

46 7.5

squalid

2 8.0

depraved

• Formal

48 7.8

Surface Forms

Etymology