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squalid |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Squalid \Squal"id\, a. [L. squalidus fr squalere to be foul or filthy.] Dirty through neglect; foul; filthy; extremely dirty. Uncomed his locks, and squalid his attrie. --Dryden. Those squalid dens, which are the reproach of large capitals. --Macaulay. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: squalid adj 1: 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" [syn: {seamy}, {seedy}, {sleazy}, {sordid}] 2: 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" [syn: {flyblown}, {sordid}]
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