Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)Filthiness and degradation, as from neglect or poverty

    Schmutz, Elend, Vernachlässigung

    грязьgrjazʹ, убо́жествоubóžestvo

More definitions
  • sordid dirtiness

Examples

2 sentences
  1. The squalor of the slums is not for the faint hearted.

    ruНищета трущоб — зрелище не для слабонервных. — odexed

  2. Yanni was living in squalor.

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
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Deutsch
By meaning 1
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Origin

From the Latin squālor.

From the Latin squālor.

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Forms

plural: squalors
Singularsqualor

uncountable

Synonyms

5 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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