'Squalid' definitions:
Definition of 'squalid'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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, squalid]
adjective
Definition of 'Squalid'
From: GCIDE
- Squalid \Squal"id\ (skw[o^]l"[i^]d), a. [L. squalidus, fr. squalere to be foul or filthy.] Dirty through neglect; foul; filthy; extremely dirty. [1913 Webster]
- Uncombed his locks, and squalid his attire. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Those squalid dens, which are the reproach of large capitals. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'squalid'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abject,
- abominable,
- arrant,
- atrocious,
- awful,
- base,
- beastly,
- beat-up,
- bedraggled,
- beggarly,
- beneath contempt,
- black,
- blameworthy,
- blowzy,
- broken-down,
- brutal,
- careless,
- cheesy,
- chintzy,
- contemptible,
- crummy,
- debased,
- degraded,
- deplorable,
- depraved,
- despicable,
- detestable,
- dilapidated,
- dingy,
- dire,
- dirty,
- disgusting,
- disheveled,
- disreputable,
- drabbletailed,
- draggled,
- draggletailed,
- dreadful,
- egregious,
- enormous,
- execrable,
- fetid,
- filthy,
- flagrant,
- foul,
- frowzy,
- frumpish,
- frumpy,
- fulsome,
- grave,
- grievous,
- gross,
- grubby,
- hateful,
- heinous,
- horrible,
- horrid,
- ignoble,
- impure,
- in rags,
- infamous,
- informal,
- lamentable,
- little,
- loathsome,
- loose,
- lousy,
- low,
- low-down,
- lumpen,
- mangy,
- mean,
- measly,
- messy,
- miserable,
- monstrous,
- mussy,
- nasty,
- nefarious,
- negligent,
- noisome,
- notorious,
- obnoxious,
- odious,
- offensive,
- outrageous,
- paltry,
- petty,
- pitiable,
- pitiful,
- poky,
- poor,
- ragged,
- raggedy,
- rank,
- regrettable,
- reprehensible,
- reptilian,
- repulsive,
- rotten,
- ruinous,
- run-down,
- sad,
- scabby,
- scandalous,
- schlock,
- scraggly,
- scrubby,
- scruffy,
- scummy,
- scurvy,
- seedy,
- shabby,
- shameful,
- shocking,
- shoddy,
- slack,
- slatternly,
- sleazy,
- slipshod,
- sloppy,
- slovenly,
- slumlike,
- slummy,
- sluttish,
- small,
- soily,
- sordid,
- tacky,
- tattered,
- terrible,
- too bad,
- ugly,
- unclean,
- uncleanly,
- unkempt,
- unmentionable,
- unneat,
- unsightly,
- untidy,
- vile,
- villainous,
- woeful,
- worst,
- worthless,
- wretched