squalid
adjective
foul and repulsive, as from lack of care or cleanliness; neglected and filthy.
squalidness
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a word derived from
squalid.
Example Sentences
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Lloyd George called it a "war budget" – raising money to "wage implacable warfare against poverty and squalidness".
From The Guardian ● Mar. 21, 2010
It is for waging implacable war against poverty and squalidness.
From Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement by Walling, William English
Ivy grew around the fragments, and embracing them, veiled their squalidness with its green robe, making that picturesque which anon was hideous.
From The House of Walderne A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in the Days of the Barons' Wars by Crake, A. D. (Augustine David)
It is impossible to describe the sort of squalidness and filth with which these mansions are distinguished.
From Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are by Godwin, William
Notwithstanding their squalidness, it is surprising that they are very far from being uncultivated in their morals.
From The Huguenots in France by Smiles, Samuel
