Associations to the word «Squalid»

Wiktionary

SQUALID, adjective. Extremely dirty and unpleasant.
SQUALID, adjective. Showing a contemptible lack of moral standards.
SQUALID, noun. (zoology) Any member of the Squalidae.

Dictionary definition

SQUALID, adjective. 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".
SQUALID, adjective. 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".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley