squalor

squalor
/skwol"euhr, skwaw"leuhr/, n.
the condition of being squalid; filth and misery.
[1615-25; < L squalor dirtiness, equiv. to squal(ere) to be dirty, encrusted + -or -OR1]
Syn. wretchedness.
Ant. splendor.

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