squalor
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈskwɒlə(ɹ)/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈskwɑlɚ/
Noun

squalor (uncountable)

  1. Filthiness and degradation, as from neglect or poverty
    Synonyms: squalidness, foulness, filthiness, squalidity
    • 2013, Car Seat Headrest, We Can't Afford (Your Depression Anymore)
      We’re living in squalor
      That’s the name of this house
      This house is called squalor by all
      There’s a door broken somewhere but I never can remember quite where.
    • 1860, Isaac Taylor, Ultimate Civilization: And other essays
      The heterogenous indigent multitude, everywhere wearing nearly the same aspect of squalor.
    • 1852, Charles Dickens, Bleak House Chapter XII
      bring this sort of squalor among the upper classes
Translations
  • French: saleté repoussante, conditions misérables
  • German: Schmutz, Elend, Vernachlässigung, Ärmlichkeit, Dreck, Verschmutzung, Unreinheit, Verderbtheit, Verkommenheit
  • Portuguese: esqualidez, esqualor
  • Russian: грязь
  • Spanish: miseria, inmundicia



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