squalor
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8.0
- noun
- /ˈskwɑːlər/
:
miseria
- Indeed, within Shanghai itself, urban squalor is side by side with unprecedented prosperity.
- filth and squalor
- poverty and squalor
And I'm left to clean it up and I'm left here in this squalor and it's disgusting.
- And I'm left to clean it up and I'm left here in this squalor and it's disgusting.
- He'd he'd added wasting hunger, squalor, filth of his body.
- But pretty much all the people that live here live in squalor if they're slums.
- And I watched her go leave my father, raise kids and squalor, but still aspire for something better, get a GED and go to college.
Examples
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Quite an accomplishment: moving tens of thousands of portees out of misery and squalor.
Fiction book (1991) -
Clay huts, row after row, with no sanitation facilities, made for squalor, extreme poverty, and hopelessness.
Academic text (1999) -
We were pretty much living in squalor, right?
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There were those artists who lived in squalor and thought that those who did not gave nothing to their art.
Fiction book (1997) -
Living in squalor with little access to services is a key factor adding to fear and distress.
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The poverty and squalor of Riverbank must have hit her especially hard after last night.
Fiction book (1994) -
They were living in absolute squalor.
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In those days, the Quarter where I lived was an incredible mixture of elegance and squalor.
Fiction book (2001) -
Rory surveyed the extent of the apartment with a critical eye, appalled by the general squalor of the establishment.
Fiction book (1991) -
Many families in the city struggle to make ends meet while living in squalor.
Synonyms
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Dirt and disgusting things that make a place very dirty
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A state of being dirty and likely to spread disease
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Not being clean because it has mud, dust or stains
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4.2
A very dirty state with waste and rubbish
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5.5
A state when a place or person is dirty and not cared for
Very dirty and unpleasant places caused by poverty or lack of care
Dirty mess or rubbish that makes a place unpleasant
A state in which things are dirty and can make people ill
Antonyms
How Clean
Surface Forms
Etymology
Squalor comes from the old Latin verb squalēre, which meant 'to be rough or dirty'. A helpful memory is to link it to the English word squalid — both talk about things that are dirty, neglected, or in very poor condition, which is why squalor means extreme filth and poverty.