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

English

Etymology

From the Latin squalere, "to be foul or filthy".

Noun

squalor

1. Squalidness; foulness; filthiness; squalidity.

Quotations

• The heterogenous indigent multitude, everywhere wearing nearly the same aspect of squalor. -- Taylor
• To bring this sort of squalor among the upper classes. -- Dickens
  • Dickens also used the term to refer to those living in Squalor, such as those in the slums.

Translations

• Finnish: surkeus, kurjuus

References

For living in squalor, see Compulsive hoarding.

Squalor N; a synonym of "argument" or "tif" N; may also be used to title one who serves a king or queen

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