Meaning

2 senses

  1. Extremely dirty and unpleasant.

    гря́зныйgrjáznyj

  2. Showing or characterized by a contemptible lack of moral standards.

    a squalid attempt to buy votes

    ни́зкийnízkij, по́длыйpódlyj

More definitions
  • foul and run-down and repulsive
  • morally degraded

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Tom grew up in squalid conditions.

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  2. The refugees were living in a narrow, squalid backstreet.

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Translations

6 languages
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By meaning 2
extremely dirty:
showing lack of moral standards:

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin squālidus, from squālēre (“to be rough or dirty”).

Learned borrowing from Latin squālidus, from squālēre (“to be rough or dirty”).

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Forms

squalider, squalidest
Comparativesqualider Lesson
Superlativesqualidest Lesson

irregular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words
Relatedsqualidness
Derivedsqualiditysqualidlyunsqualid

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
squadB2squadronsquallsquanderC1squareA2
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