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
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 A. D. (Augustine David) Crake
It contained but two rooms, and these exhibited all the squalidness of the most miserable penury.
From Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
He dwells with them for a month, and finds, after a day of pleasant entertainment, that each evening they do penance in squalidness and ashes.
From Lives of the Necromancers by William Godwin
Luxury and misery, comfort and squalidness, were constantly elbowing each other.
From Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science by M. (Malcolm) Sterling Mackinlay
