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List of meaning for squalid

extremely dirty and unpleasant

seamy, seedy, sleazy, sordid, squalid(adj)

morally degraded

"a seedy district"; "the seamy side of life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"; "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly; "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce; "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal"

flyblown, squalid, sordid(adj)

foul and run-down and repulsive

"a flyblown bar on the edge of town"; "a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town"; "squalid living conditions"; "sordid shantytowns"

severely lacking in cleanliness

The squalid boarding house was overrun with rats.

not moral or honest

The whole squalid affair will rightly end the politician's public career.

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