squalid

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

adjective

1. 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, sordid
• Similar to:
dirty, soiled, unclean
• Derivationally related forms:
sordidness (for: sordid), squalidness
2. 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
• Similar to:
disreputable
• Derivationally related forms:
squalidness, sordidness (for: sordid), sleaziness (for: sleazy)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  flyblown, sordid, seamy, seedy, sleazy