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Squalid synonyms and antonyms

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sordid
The definition of sordid is something dirty, squalid or morally distasteful.
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besmeared
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insanitary (related)
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filthy
Very unpleasant or disagreeable.
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nasty
(--- Archaic) Dirty; filthy.
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abominable
Highly unpleasant; disagreeable; very bad
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fusty
Stale-smelling or stuffy.
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dirty
The definition of dirty is something soiled, unclean or impure.
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sleazy
Thin and loosely woven; flimsy:
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unclean
Morally impure; unchaste, obscene, or vile
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poor
Negative, unfavorable, or disapproving:
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poverty-stricken
Characteristic of, or giving the appearance of, poverty
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mean
Common or poor in appearance; shabby:
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grimy
Covered or smudged with grime.
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foul
Irritable or upset:
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reeking
Totally stinking.
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ordurous
Of or pertaining to ordure; filthy.
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slimy
Consisting of or resembling slime; viscous:
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slummocky
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sloshy
That sloshes or splashes
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feculent
Containing, or having the nature of, feces
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odious
Extremely unpleasant; repulsive:
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repellent
Resistant or impervious to a substance. Often used in combination:
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gruesome
Causing horror and repugnance; frightful and shocking:
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horrid
Causing a feeling of horror; terrible; revolting
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horrible
Causing a feeling of horror; terrible; dreadful; frightful
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ramshackle
So poorly constructed or kept up that disintegration is likely; rickety:
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sloppy
Consisting of or covered with slop; wet and splashy; muddy; slushy
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smutty
Affected with plant smut
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muddy
Lacking luster; dull:
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miry
Covered with mire; muddy
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lutose
Covered with clay; miry.
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dingy
The definition of dingy is something kind of dirty, gloomy or dull.
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reeky
Emitting reek.
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fetid
Foul-smelling, stinking.
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moldy
Covered with or containing mold:
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musty
Stale or moldy in odor or taste.
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offensive
Causing anger, displeasure, or resentment:
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clean (antonym)
Empty.
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pure (antonym)
Having a homogeneous or uniform composition; not mixed:
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spotless (antonym)
Free from flaw or imperfection; impeccable:
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base
Having or showing little or no honor, courage, or decency; mean; ignoble; contemptible
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contemptible
(Obs.) Contemptuous
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crude
Lacking tact or taste; blunt or offensive:
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disheveled
Disarranged and untidy; tousled; rumpled
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mangy
Worn and squalid-looking; bedraggled or decrepit.
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miserable
The definition of miserable is someone or something that is unhappy, suffering or in a condition of misery, or something that is bad or inferior.
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repulsive
Causing repugnance or aversion; disgusting.
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rotten
Very bad; wretched:
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sad
Appearing sorrowful.
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scabrous
Dealing with scandalous or salacious material:
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seedy
Feeling or looking physically bad or low in spirits
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shabby
Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments.
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shoddy
Being of poor quality or construction
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slummy
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ugly
Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome.
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unkempt
Not polished or refined; crude; rough
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vile
The definition of vile is offensive in a way that makes you want to leave.
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scabrousness
Scabrosity
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squalidity
The quality or state of being squalid; foulness; filthiness.
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pleasant (antonym)
Giving pleasure; pleasing in manner.
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rich (antonym)
Having more than enough of material possessions; owning much money or property; wealthy
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kept-up (antonym)
poor, run-down
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good (antonym)
Able to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; of unimpaired credit.
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ignoble
The definition of ignoble is capable of base or mean behavior.
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low
Despicable; lacking dignity; vulgar.
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low-down
Gloomy; depressed.
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right (related)
In or into a satisfactory state or condition:
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flyblown
Dirty or rundown; squalid:
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seamy
Having or showing a seam.
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hovel (related)
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unsanitary (related)
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rat-infested (related)
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squalor (related)
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disease-ridden (related)
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cramped (related)
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wretched (related)
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Squalid Sentence Examples

  • Here are squalid streets and mean houses typical of the poorest class of inhabitants.

  • The modern er-Riha is a poor squalid village of, it is estimated, about 300 inhabitants.

  • Many squalid districts, however, have been improved away to make room for new thoroughfares and handsome buildings.

  • Brady watched the feds, irritated at the pockets of elite unaffected by the squalid conditions the non-elite were forced to live in.

  • He died of smoke inhalation from a kitchen fire in his tiny, squalid one-bedroom apartment in Philadelphia.

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