Squalid - Definition
squalid
adj 1: 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, squalid]
2: 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, squalid, sordid]