Adjective: squalid (squalider,squalidest) skwó-lid
- Foul and run-down and repulsive
"a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town"; "squalid living conditions";
- flyblown, sordid, skeevy [US, informal], skanky [informal], grotty [Brit, informal]
- Unpleasantly disreputable or morally degraded
"the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal";
- seamy, seedy, sleazy, sordid, skanky [informal]
Derived forms: squalidest, squalider
See also: dirty, disreputable, soiled, unclean
Encyclopedia: Squalid