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
The interior presented a revolting scene of squalidness and misery.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. by Various
There is nothing of the customary squalidness of beggary about him, but remarkable trimness and cleanliness.—I.
From Our Old Home, Vol. 2 Annotated with Passages from the Author's Notebook by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The station-house is an exception to the prevailing squalidness, being kept with great neatness.
From Fame and Fortune or, The Progress of Richard Hunter by Horatio Alger
It evidently should not be there—its squalidness and filth are all that strike you.
From The Macdermots of Ballycloran by Anthony Trollope
