squalor

Noun

Meaning

Squalidness; foulness; filthness; squalidity.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

smut meanness poverty decay disorder pollution dirt hardship mess misery impurity filth destitution grime muck
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Antonyms

fun brightness rehabilitation fairness cleanliness opulence
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Hypernyms

dirtiness

Phrases with the word

public squalor senile squalor syndrome

Examples

Better a sovereign in squalor than a slave in splendor. Donald James

Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community. John W. Gardner

Want is one only of five giants on the road of reconstruction and in some ways the easiest to attack. The others are Disease, Ignorance, Squalor and Idleness. William Beveridge

The nation which once held the creed that greatness is achieved by production, is now told that it is achieved by squalor. Ayn Rand

I came up with American Splendor. Some people think it's American Squalor. Harvey Pekar

The rational man may talk a good game about suicide, but reason must give way to obsession and finally squalor before he can actually do it. Wilfrid Sheed

Close letter words and terms

squalodontid squaloid squalomorph squalorajid squalus acanthias Squalus bucephalus