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squalor

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squal·or  (skwlr)
n.
A filthy and wretched condition or quality.
[Latin squlor, from squlre, to be filthy; see squalid.]
squalor [ˈskwɒlə]
n
the condition or quality of being squalid; disgusting dirt and filth
[from Latin]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.squalor - sordid dirtiness
sordidness, squalidness
dirtiness, uncleanness - the state of being unsanitary
squalor
noun filth, wretchedness, sleaziness, decay, foulness, slumminess, squalidness, meanness He was out of work and living in squalor.
luxury, splendour, cleanliness, neatness, fine condition, pleasantness
Translations
squalor [ˈskwɒləʳ] N → miseria f, vileza f
to live in squalor → vivir en la miseria, vivir en la sordidez
squalor [ˈskwɒlər] n → conditions fpl sordides
squalor
n → Schmutz m; (= moral squalor) → Verkommenheit f; the squalor of the conditions → die elenden or erbärmlichen Verhältnisse; to live in squalor → in unbeschreiblichen Zuständen leben
squalor [ˈskwɒləʳ] n → squallore m
squalor [ˈskwɒləʳ] n → squallore m
squalor squalid


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A gipsy encampment to-day is little more than a moving slum, a scab of squalor on the fair face of the countryside.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
The occasional emergence of an Equilateral from the ranks of his serf-born ancestors is welcomed, not only by the poor serfs themselves, as a gleam of light and hope shed upon the monotonous squalor of their existence, but also by the Aristocracy at large; for all the higher classes are well aware that these rare phenomena, while they do little or nothing to vulgarize their own privileges, serve as a most useful barrier against revolution from below.
Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context
Of course, the SUPREMELY aristocratic thing is to be entirely oblivious of the mire of rabble, with its setting; but sometimes a reverse course may be aristocratic to remark, to scan, and even to gape at, the mob (for preference, through a lorgnette), even as though one were taking the crowd and its squalor for a sort of raree show which had been organised specially for a gentleman's diversion.
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