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squal·or (skw

A filthy and wretched condition or quality.

[Latin squlor, from squlre, to be filthy; see squalid.]

squalor [ˈskwɒlə]

the condition or quality of being squalid; disgusting dirt and filth

[from Latin]

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Noun

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 [ˈskwɒlə^r] 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 squalid

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aesthetic aesthetically degradation dinge dirtiness filth guttersnipe hellhole live meanness misery nastiness pig pig it poverty slum Slumming slummy sordidness	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. The Gambler by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context	squacco squad squad car squad room squaddie squadron squadron leader Squadroned Squail Squaimous squalene Squali squalid Squalidae Squalidity squalidly Squalidness squall squall line Squaller squalling squally Squalodon Squalodont Squaloid squalor Squalus Squalus acanthias Squalus suckleyi Squam Squam duck squama Squamaceous Squamata Squamate squamation Squame Squamella Squamellate squamiform Squamigerous Squamipen Squamoid squamosal Squamose squamous squamous cell squamous cell carcinoma squamous epithelium Squamozygomatic Squamula	squall line squall lines squall lines squalled squalled squalled squaller squaller squaller squallier squallier squallier squalliest squalliest squalliest squalling squalling squalling squalls squalls squalls squally squally squally Squally Point Squally Point Squalodon Squalodon calvertensis Squalodont Squaloid squalor Squalus Squalus acanthias Squalus acanthias Squalus suckleyi Squam Squam duck squam- squama squama squama squama squama squama Squama temporalis Squamaceous squamae squamae Squamata Squamata Squamata Squamata squamate squamate squamate squamate Squamates Squamates Squamates Squamates squamation

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.

The Gambler by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context

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