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squalid
/ˈskwɑləd/
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What does squalid mean?
adjective
- Extremely dirty and unpleasant.
- Showing or characterized by a contemptible lack of moral standards.
noun
- Any member of the family Squalidae of dogfish sharks.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈskwɑləd/
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The mantle of dusk had closed about the squalid activity of the East End streets as we neared our destination.
He was living in a squalid little hut, almost unfurnished, but studded around with the diminutive horns of the European roebuck.
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But the natives, Patagonian and Fuegian, on the other hand, were as squalid as contact with unscrupulous traders could make them.
The face of the woman, her manner and slatternly aspect, and the general effect of her belongings, bespoke squalid ignorance and poverty.
In both, there were several knots of loungers, squalid and miserable, but now with a manifest sense of power enthroned on their distress.