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Definition of squalid:
Synonyms:
amoral, mean, evil, peaked, gross, disreputable, vile, flyblown, sordid, right, unethical, unwell, low, punk, indisposed, sickly, dirty, wicked, nasty, base, ignoble, sleazy, chintzy, perverted, deviant, under the weather, low-down, cheap, ailing, bum, sinful, cheesy, unclean, seedy, soiled, clean, tinny, immoral, maggoty, seamy, poorly.
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dirty (part of speech: verb)
- ill-smelling,
- reeking,
- nasty,
- mean,
- abominable,
- ordurous,
- moldy,
- lutose,
- gruesome,
- fusty,
- sloshy,
- repellent,
- ramshackle,
- unhygienic,
- contaminated,
- horrible,
- miry,
- horrid,
- reeky,
- slummocky,
- slimy,
- feculent,
- besmeared,
- musty
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slovenly (part of speech: adjective)
- messy,
- careless,
- sloppy,
- neglectful,
- shabby,
- slovenly,
- dirty,
- disheveled,
- unkempt
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unclean (part of speech: adjective)
- grungy,
- scruffy,
- filthy,
- fetid,
- putrid,
- defiled,
- mucky,
- foul,
- insalubrious,
- obscene,
- unclean,
- septic,
- smutty,
- grubby,
- infectious,
- icky,
- sordid,
- grimy,
- unhygenic,
- slovenly,
- scatological,
- untidy,
- festering,
- dusty,
- disgusting,
- shabby,
- offensive,
- dirty,
- unsanitary,
- impure,
- crummy,
- sloppy,
- muddy,
- odious,
- murky,
- toxic,
- dingy
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poor (part of speech: adjective)
- distressed,
- homeless,
- pauper,
- bereft,
- hand-to-mouth,
- shabby,
- penurious,
- busted,
- beggarly,
- impoverished,
- scruffy,
- destitute,
- down-and-out,
- bankrupt,
- dilapidated,
- poor,
- penniless,
- poverty-stricken,
- have-not,
- embarrassed
Usage examples:
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After a walk amid the squalid and toil- infested ways of Clerkenwell, it impresses one strangely to come upon this monument of old time.
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A rich and beautiful plain lay before him, and at a little distance he saw three great villages, far superior to the squalid wigwams of the Delawares.
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There has been something so simple, honest, genuine, in our Munich life, that we look back to it with longing eyes from this land of fancy, of hand- organ music, and squalid splendor.