squalid
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈskwɒlɪd/
squalid (comparative squalider, superlative squalidest)
- Extremely dirty and unpleasant.
- Showing a contemptible lack of moral standards.
- A squalid attempt to buy votes.
- French: sordide, (slang) dégueulasse
- Italian: squallido
- Portuguese: esquálido
- Russian: гря́зный
- Spanish: inmundo, vil, mugriento, mugroso, cochambroso
- Italian: squallido
- Russian: ни́зкий
squalid (plural squalids)
- (zoology) Any member of the family Squalidae of dogfish sharks.
- 2008, David A. Ebert, James A. Sulikowski, Biology of Skates (page 126)
- Numerous diet studies on squalids have shown that members of this family tend to feed mainly on teleosts and cephalopods […]
- 2008, David A. Ebert, James A. Sulikowski, Biology of Skates (page 126)
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