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[ skwol-er, skwaw-ler ] / ˈskwɒl ər, ˈskwɔ lər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR squalor ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe condition of being squalid; filth and misery. Origin of squalor1615–25; <Latin squālor dirtiness, equivalent to squāl(ēre) to be dirty, encrusted + -or-or1 SYNONYMS FOR squalorwretchedness. SEE SYNONYMS FOR squalor ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR squalorsplendor. SEE ANTONYMS FOR squalor ON THESAURUS.COM Words nearby squalorsqualene, squalid, squall, squall line, squally, squalor, squam-, squama, squamate, squamation, squamiform Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for squalorThe overcrowded school where the family had sought refuge was a scene of despair and squalor. Under American Bombs in Gaza|Jesse Rosenfeld|August 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST Money means more to you than just status or new toys; it is freedom, a way out of squalor for both you and your family. Baby, You’re a Rich Man: Mohsin Hamid’s New Novel|Nicholas Mancusi|March 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST So it is with Just Send Me Word, a heroic love story amid the squalor and degradation of the Gulag. ‘Just Send Me Word’ by Orlando Figes: Life and Love in the Gulag|Owen Matthews|June 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST The once handsome young man was unrecognizable in his squalor. This Week's Hot Reads|The Daily Beast|February 7, 2011|DAILY BEAST
These are people defined not by their public selves but by the pettiness, chaos, and squalor of their interior ones. Franzen Frenzy!|Lizzie Skurnick|August 31, 2010|DAILY BEAST Yes, all the squalor of the business of domesticity must be hidden from this splendid being! Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett Since she had been under this roof she had grown ashamed of the squalor and starvation and wretchedness of her past existence. The Waters of Edera|Louise de la Rame, a.k.a. Ouida Wouldn't it be better than the cold and squalor of the streets and these wild dances before unsympathetic eyes? One of My Sons|Anna Katharine Green The poor foreign-speaking areas in large cities, where immigrants live huddled together in squalor, should be broken up. Applied Eugenics|Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill Johnson The foundations upon which its dark bulk reared itself were ignorance, squalor, brutality and vice. The Damnation of Theron Ware|Harold Frederic
British Dictionary definitions for squalor
nounthe condition or quality of being squalid; disgusting dirt and filth Word Origin for squalorC17: from Latin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to squalordestitution, starvation, decay, dirtiness, indigence, poorness, impoverishment, wretchedness, foulness, seediness, grunginess |