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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

squalid
    adj 1: morally degraded; "a seedy district"; "the seamy side of
           life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos";
           "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle
           Weekly; "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his
           very nostrils"- James Joyce; "the squalid atmosphere of
           intrigue and betrayal" [syn: seamy, seedy, sleazy,
           sordid, squalid]
    2: foul and run-down and repulsive; "a flyblown bar on the edge
       of town"; "a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest
       part of town"; "squalid living conditions"; "sordid
       shantytowns" [syn: flyblown, squalid, sordid]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Squalid \Squal"id\ (skw[o^]l"[i^]d), a. [L. squalidus, fr.
   squalere to be foul or filthy.]
   Dirty through neglect; foul; filthy; extremely dirty.
   [1913 Webster]

         Uncombed his locks, and squalid his attire. --Dryden.
   [1913 Webster]

         Those squalid dens, which are the reproach of large
         capitals.                                --Macaulay.
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Thesaurus Results for squalid:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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