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Squalidness

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squal·id  (skwld)
adj.
1. Dirty and wretched, as from poverty or lack of care. See Synonyms at dirty.
2. Morally repulsive; sordid: "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue, betrayal, and counterbetrayal" (W. Bruce Lincoln).
[Latin squlidus, from squlre, to be filthy, from squlus, filthy.]
squalid·ly adv.
squalid·ness, squa·lidi·ty (skw-ld-t) n.
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Noun1.squalidness - sordid dirtiness
sordidness, squalor
dirtiness, uncleanness - the state of being unsanitary


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It might be palace without, but it was wigwam within; so that, between the stateliness of his mansion and the squalidness of his furniture, the gallant White Plume presented some such whimsical incongruity as we see in the gala equipments of an Indian chief on a treaty-making embassy at Washington, who has been generously decked out in cocked hat and military coat, in contrast to his breech-clout and leathern legging; being grand officer at top, and ragged Indian at bottom.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
He was oppressed by the utter squalidness of it all.
Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context
It contained but two rooms, and these exhibited all the squalidness of the most miserable penury.
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