SQUALID


Meaning of SQUALID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ skwɒlɪd ]

1.

A squalid place is dirty, untidy, and in bad condition.

He followed her up a rickety staircase to a squalid bedsit...

ADJ

2.

Squalid activities are unpleasant and often dishonest.

The Tory Party called the bill ‘the most squalid measure ever put before the Commons’.

ADJ [ disapproval ]

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