Squalor

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Squalor \Squa"lor\ (skw[=a]"l[^o]r), n. [L., fr. squalere to be
     foul or filthy.]
     Squalidness; foulness; filthiness; squalidity.
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           The heterogeneous indigent multitude, everywhere


           wearing nearly the same aspect of squalor. --I. Taylor.
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           To bring this sort of squalor among the upper classes.
                                                    --Dickens.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  squalor
       n : sordid dirtiness [syn: {sordidness}, {squalidness}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  94 Moby Thesaurus words for "squalor":
     abjectness, abominableness, atrociousness, awfulness, baseness,
     beastliness, beggarliness, bestiality, blowziness, brutality,
     carelessness, chintziness, contemptibility, contemptibleness,
     crumminess, debasement, degradation, depravity, despicableness,
     detestableness, direness, disgustingness, dowdiness, dreadfulness,
     egregiousness, enormity, execrableness, filth, foulness,
     frowziness, frumpishness, fulsomeness, grossness, grubbiness,
     hatefulness, heinousness, horribleness, infamousness, littleness,
     loathsomeness, looseness, lousiness, lowness, meanness, messiness,
     miserableness, monstrousness, nastiness, nefariousness, negligence,
     noisomeness, notoriousness, obnoxiousness, odiousness,
     offensiveness, outrageousness, paltriness, pettiness, pokiness,
     poorness, rankness, repulsiveness, rottenness, scabbiness,
     scandalousness, scrubbiness, scruffiness, scumminess, scurviness,
     seediness, shabbiness, shamefulness, shoddiness, slatternliness,
     slipshodness, sloppiness, slovenliness, slovenry, slumminess,
     sluttishness, smallness, sordidness, squalidity, squalidness,
     tackiness, tawdriness, terribleness, the pits, uncleanness,
     unneatness, untidiness, vileness, worthlessness, wretchedness