squalor
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squal·or
(skwŏl′ər)n.
A filthy and wretched condition or quality.
[Latin squālor, from squālēre, to be filthy; see squalid.]
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squalor
(ˈskwɒlə)n
the condition or quality of being squalid; disgusting dirt and filth
[C17: from Latin]
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squal•or
(ˈskwɒl ər, ˈskwɔ lər)n.
the condition of being squalid; filth and misery.
[1615–25; < Latin squālor dirtiness =squāl(ēre) to be dirty, encrusted + -or -or1]
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Noun | 1. | squalor - sordid dirtiness dirtiness, uncleanness - the state of being unsanitary |
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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
luxury, splendour, cleanliness, neatness, fine condition, pleasantness
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squalor
nounThe condition or state of being dirty:
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Translations
قَذارَه
špína
kummerlige forhold
mocsok
eymd, vesæld
squalor
[ˈskwɒləʳ] N → miseria f, vileza fto live in squalor → vivir en la miseria, vivir en la sordidez
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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
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squalid
(ˈskwolid) adjective very dirty or filthy. The houses are squalid and overcrowded.
ˈsqualor (-lə) nounThey lived in squalor.
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