'Squalor' definitions:
Definition of 'squalor'
(from WordNet)
noun
Sordid dirtiness [syn: sordidness, squalor, squalidness]
Definition of 'Squalor'
From: GCIDE
- Squalor \Squa"lor\ (skw[=a]"l[^o]r), n. [L., fr. squalere to be foul or filthy.] Squalidness; foulness; filthiness; squalidity. [1913 Webster]
- The heterogeneous indigent multitude, everywhere wearing nearly the same aspect of squalor. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- To bring this sort of squalor among the upper classes. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'squalor'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abjectness,
- abominableness,
- atrociousness,
- awfulness,
- baseness,
- beastliness,
- beggarliness,
- bestiality,
- blowziness,
- brutality,
- carelessness,
- chintziness,
- contemptibility,
- contemptibleness,
- crumminess,
- debasement,
- degradation,
- depravity,
- despicableness,
- detestableness,
- direness,
- disgustingness,
- dowdiness,
- dreadfulness,
- egregiousness,
- enormity,
- execrableness,
- filth,
- foulness,
- frowziness,
- frumpishness,
- fulsomeness,
- grossness,
- grubbiness,
- hatefulness,
- heinousness,
- horribleness,
- infamousness,
- littleness,
- loathsomeness,
- looseness,
- lousiness,
- lowness,
- meanness,
- messiness,
- miserableness,
- monstrousness,
- nastiness,
- nefariousness,
- negligence,
- noisomeness,
- notoriousness,
- obnoxiousness,
- odiousness,
- offensiveness,
- outrageousness,
- paltriness,
- pettiness,
- pokiness,
- poorness,
- rankness,
- repulsiveness,
- rottenness,
- scabbiness,
- scandalousness,
- scrubbiness,
- scruffiness,
- scumminess,
- scurviness,
- seediness,
- shabbiness,
- shamefulness,
- shoddiness,
- slatternliness,
- slipshodness,
- sloppiness,
- slovenliness,
- slovenry,
- slumminess,
- sluttishness,
- smallness,
- sordidness,
- squalidity,
- squalidness,
- tackiness,
- tawdriness,
- terribleness,
- the pits,
- uncleanness,
- unneatness,
- untidiness,
- vileness,
- worthlessness,
- wretchedness