squalor

  • 11squalor — /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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  • 12squalor — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. dirt, filth, decay, uncleanness, misery, poverty. See disorder. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. ugliness, disorder, uncleanness, misery, wretchedness; see also filth , poverty 1 . III (Roget s 3&#8230; …

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  • 13squalor — squal|or [ˈskwɔlə US ˈskwa:lər, ˈskwo: ] n [U] [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: squalere; SQUALID] the condition of being dirty and unpleasant because of a lack of care or money →↑squalid ▪ We lived in squalor for a year and a half …

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  • 14squalor — noun (U) the condition of being squalid: The refugees are forced to live in squalor …

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  • 15squalor — noun they lived in squalor Syn: dirt, filth, grubbiness, grime, muck, foulness, vileness, poverty, wretchedness, meanness, seediness, shabbiness, sordidness, sleaziness, neglect, decay, dilapidation; informal scruffiness, crumminess …

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  • 16squalor — squal•or [[t]ˈskwɒl ər, ˈskwɔ lər[/t]] n. the condition of being squalid; filth and misery • Etymology: 1615–25; &LT; L squālor dirtiness =squāl(ēre) to be dirty, encrusted + or or I …

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  • 17SQUALOR lugentium — vide supra passim, inprimis in voce Saccus, ut de squalore Ascetarum, in voce Sordes …

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  • 18squalor — noun Etymology: Latin, from squalēre Date: 1621 the quality or state of being squalid …

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  • 19squalor — noun Squalidness; foulness; filthiness; squalidity …

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  • 20squalor — Synonyms and related words: abjectness, abominableness, atrociousness, awfulness, baseness, beastliness, beggarliness, bestiality, blowziness, brutality, carelessness, chintziness, contemptibility, contemptibleness, crumminess, debasement,&#8230; …

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