Another word for squalid
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Adjective
Heavily soiled; very dirty or unclean
- Morally depraved; ignoble or wicked:
- Disgusting; repulsive:
- Unpleasant or objectionable:
- Disgusting or repellent:
- Unpleasantly cold or wet:
- Dirty; filthy.
- Offensive to the senses; revolting:
- Having a bad odor or taste:
- Rotten or putrid:
- Covered or smeared with filth; disgustingly dirty.
- Obscene or offensive:
- Vile; nasty:
See also:Having or proceeding from low moral standards
- Morally depraved; ignoble or wicked:
- Disgusting; repulsive:
- Unpleasant or objectionable:
- Morally degraded:
- Dirty or filthy:
- Squalid or wretched:
- To be used to convey; denote:
- To act as a symbol of; signify or represent:
- To intend to convey or indicate:
- Despicable; base:
- Gloomy; depressed.
- Earthy; funky:
- Having little relative height; not high or tall:
- Rising only slightly above surrounding surfaces:
- Near to the ground or the horizon:
- Not noble in quality, character, or purpose; base or dishonorable.
- Not of high social status; common.
- The lowest or bottom part:
- The part of a plant or animal organ that is nearest to its point of attachment.
- The point of attachment of such an organ.
See also:
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Another word for squalid
Modifier
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- Causing anger, displeasure, or resentment:
- Disagreeable to the senses:
- Making a physical or military attack:
- Smelling of mildew or decay; musty.
- Old-fashioned; antique.
- Stale or moldy in odor or taste.
- Hackneyed or trite; dull.
- Out of date; antiquated.
- Covered with or containing mold:
- Musty or stale, as from age or decay.
- Having an offensive odor.
- Darkened with smoke or grime.
- Shabby, drab, or squalid.
- Full of or resembling mire; swampy.
- Smeared with mire; muddy.
- Full of or covered with mud.
- Not bright or pure:
- Not clear; cloudy, as with sediment:
- soiled with smut
- affected with plant smut
- pornographic or indecent
- Marked by or given to a lack of neatness or order; untidy:
- Showing or in the habit of using little care or attention:
- Oversentimental; gushy:
- simple past tense and past participle of besmear
- So poorly constructed or kept up that disintegration is likely; rickety:
- Morally degraded:
- Dirty or filthy:
- Squalid or wretched:
- Arousing or tending to arouse horror; dreadful:
- Very unpleasant; disagreeable.
- Causing horror; dreadful.
- Extremely disagreeable; offensive.
- Bristling; rough.
- Causing horror and repugnance; frightful and shocking:
- Inspiring aversion or distaste; repulsive.
- Resistant or impervious to a substance. Often used in combination:
- Serving or tending to repel something, especially insects:
- Arousing or deserving hatred or strong dislike.
- Extremely unpleasant; repulsive:
- Full of foul or impure matter; fecal.
- Consisting of or resembling slime; viscous:
- Covered with or exuding slime:
- Morally repulsive, as in being dishonest or corrupt.
- Unequivocally detestable; loathsome:
- Thoroughly unpleasant or disagreeable:
- Disgusting or repellent:
- Unpleasantly cold or wet:
- Dirty; filthy.
- Offensive to the senses; revolting:
- Having a bad odor or taste:
- Rotten or putrid:
- Covered or smudged with grime.
- To be used to convey; denote:
- To act as a symbol of; signify or represent:
- To intend to convey or indicate:
- Extremely poor:
- Having insufficient wealth to meet the necessities or comforts of life or to live in a manner considered acceptable in a society.
- Relating to or characterized by poverty:
- Deficient or lacking in a specified resource or quality:
- Foul or dirty.
- Morally defiled.
- Ceremonially impure.
- Covered or smeared with filth; disgustingly dirty.
- Obscene or offensive:
- Vile; nasty:
- Covered or marked with dirt or an unwanted substance; unclean.
- Spreading dirt; polluting:
- Apt to soil with dirt or grime:
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