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Examples of squalid
squalid
One prison official has accepted some responsibility for the squalid conditions.
From the washingtonpost.com
The home was reportedly piled high with trash and appeared in squalid condition.
From the abcnews.go.com
It is difficult to write about squalid people without descending to their level.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
There were once as many as 1.5 million people living in the squalid settlements.
From the suntimes.com
Convinced he is the king of Spain, he rules only a squalid asylum for the insane.
From the bloomberg.com
The squalid homes tilt from their shaky foundations, some built on top of others.
From the cnn.com
Humane Society workers have said the dogs were held in hot, squalid conditions.
From the lohud.com
It is applied to the squalid struggle for raw power that politicians engage in.
From the economist.com
If they go there, it is hoped, they will stop shooting up in squalid back alleys.
From the economist.com
- Seamy: morally degraded; "a seedy district"; "the seamy side of life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"; "sleazy storefronts with... ...
- Flyblown: 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"
- (squalidness) sordidness: sordid dirtiness
- Squalidae is the family of dogfish sharks. They are found in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans, from tropical equatorial climates to the Arctic and Antarctic.
- (Squalidness) Dirt is unclean matter, especially when in contact with a person's clothes, skin or possessions when they are said to become dirty. "Grimy" or "filthy" are also commonly used descriptive words. Common types of dirt include soil, soot and dust. ...
- Extremely dirty and unpleasant; Showing a contemptible lack of moral standards
- (adj) - dirty from neglect; sordid
- (adj.): miserable; wretched
