Squalid - English meaning

adjective

Gloomy and drab.

Usage examples:

A dingy room

adjective

(of a place or material) dark and unattractive esp. because of being dirty or not cared for

Usage examples:

The stores seemed old and dingy, their lights too dim and their ceilings too low.

adjective

Covered or marked with an unclean substance.

Usage examples:

A tray of dirty cups and saucers

adverb

Used for emphasis.

Usage examples:

A dirty great slab of stone

verb

Make dirty.

Usage examples:

She didn't like him dirtying her nice clean towels

adjective

Arousing revulsion or strong indignation.

Usage examples:

He had the most disgusting rotten teeth

verb

Cause (someone) to feel revulsion or strong disapproval.

Usage examples:

They were disgusted by the violence

Highly offensive

adjective

Causing a mood of gloom or depression.

Usage examples:

The dismal weather made the late afternoon seem like evening

adjective

Dark and sad, without hope, or very bad

Usage examples:

The trip was a dismal failure.

adjective

Very bad

Usage examples:

In january, after a dismal holiday sales season, the retailer filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy prote…

adjective

Disgustingly dirty.

Usage examples:

A filthy hospital with no sanitation

adverb

To an extreme extent.

Usage examples:

He has become filthy rich

adjective

Extremely dirty

Usage examples:

Trucks poured out clouds of filthy, black smoke., there were beggars in the streets and filth every…

adjective

Offensive to the senses, especially through having a disgusting smell or taste or being dirty.

Usage examples:

A foul odour

noun

(in sport) an unfair or invalid stroke or piece of play, especially one involving interference with an opponent.

Usage examples:

The midfielder was booked for a foul on ford

adverb

Contrary to the rules; unfairly.

Usage examples:

That's the real problem: even guys who want to play fair are under pressure from cheaters to play f…

adjective

Covered with or characterized by grime.

Usage examples:

The grimy industrial city

adjective

Dirty

Usage examples:

The child's face was grimy and streaked with tears.

adjective

Covered with dirt; grimy.

Usage examples:

The grubby face of a young boy

adjective

Dirty or messy

Usage examples:

Grubby old clothes

adjective

(of a place) seedy and run-down; unwholesome.

Usage examples:

A poor area full of insalubrious hotels

adjective

Unpleasant, dirty, or likely to cause disease

adjective

Of less than average height from top to bottom or to the top from the ground.

Usage examples:

The school is a long, low building

noun

A low point, level, or figure.

Usage examples:

His popularity ratings are at an all-time low

adverb

In or into a low position or state.

Usage examples:

She pressed on, bent low to protect her face

verb

Intend to convey or refer to (a particular thing); signify.

Usage examples:

I don't know what you mean

adjective

Unwilling to give or share things, especially money; not generous.

Usage examples:

She felt mean not giving a tip

noun

The value obtained by dividing the sum of several quantities by their number; an average.

Usage examples:

Acid output was calculated by taking the mean of all three samples

adjective

(of a person) wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable.

Usage examples:

Their happiness made anne feel even more miserable

adjective

Very unhappy, or causing much unhappiness

Usage examples:

They can make your life miserable if they want to., the forecast is for miserable weather today.

adjective

Covered with dirt or filth.

Usage examples:

He took off his mucky boots

adjective

Dirty

Usage examples:

Get your mucky feet off that chair!, don't walk all over my clean floor in your mucky boots., a muc…

adjective

Very bad or unpleasant.

Usage examples:

Plastic bags burn with a nasty, acrid smell

noun

An unpleasant or harmful person or thing.

Usage examples:

A water conditioner to neutralize chlorine and other nasties

Offensive or even (of persons) malicious

adjective

Lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society.

Usage examples:

They were too poor to afford a telephone

adjective

Arousing intense distaste or disgust.

Usage examples:

A repulsive smell

adjective

Sordid and disreputable.

Usage examples:

His seedy affair with a soft-porn starlet

adjective

In poor condition through long use or lack of care.

Usage examples:

A conscript in a shabby uniform saluted the car

adjective

Looking old and in bad condition because of wear or lack of care

Usage examples:

The man wore a long, shabby coat., we parked near bobby’s shabby trailer., her salary is $305,000 t…

adjective

(of a person or situation) sordid, corrupt, or immoral.

Usage examples:

A sleazy private detective

adjective

Morally bad and low in quality, but trying to attract people by a showy appearance or false manner

Usage examples:

He’s a sleazy politician who ignored his responsibilities in order to make his friends rich.

adjective

Sleazy people and places are involved in activities of a low moral standard

Usage examples:

57% of voters think of the government as "sleazy and incompetent"., he spent his twenties hanging o…

adjective

(especially of a person or their appearance) untidy and dirty.

Usage examples:

A fat, slovenly ex-rock star

adjective

Messy, dirty, or not careful

Usage examples:

Slovenly work, a slovenly housekeeper

adjective

(of a place) squalid and overcrowded.

Usage examples:

The hardships of the poor dwelling in slumlike conditions

adjective

Squalid or unfit for human habitation.

Usage examples:

A slummy neighbourhood

noun

(in liverpool) loose change; coins.

Usage examples:

Got my bag of slummy ready for the next minimum fare being paid with a £20 note

adjective

Involving immoral or dishonourable actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt.

Usage examples:

The story paints a sordid picture of bribes and scams

adjective

Morally ugly, so that being involved makes you feel dirty

Usage examples:

A sordid story, sordid details, the sordid condition of many of the city school buildings was shock…

adjective

Feeling sad or distressed through sympathy with someone else's misfortune.

Usage examples:

I was sorry to hear about what happened to your family

adjective

Extremely unpleasant.

Usage examples:

He has a vile temper

adjective

Evil or disgusting

Usage examples:

He responded with the vilest language imaginable., a vile mood/temper

adjective

Unpleasant, immoral, and unacceptable

Usage examples:

This vile policy of ethnic cleansing must be stopped.

adjective

(of a person) in a very unhappy or unfortunate state.

Usage examples:

I felt so wretched because i thought i might never see you again

adjective

Unhappy or extremely sad

Usage examples:

He looked so ill and wretched as he spoke that he made me feel wretched myself., workers lived in w…