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I detest politics, to be honest with you. It's a cesspool. And I don't think I would fare well in that cesspool because I don't believe in political correctness and I certainly don't believe in dishonesty.
Benjamin Carson

Meaning of "cesspool" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CESSPOOL

Changed (through influence of pool1) from earlier cesperalle, from Old French souspirail vent, air, from soupirer to sigh.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CESSPOOL

cesspool  [ˈsɛsˌpuːl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CESSPOOL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cesspool is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CESSPOOL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

cesspool

Cesspit

A cesspit, or cesspool, is a pit, conservancy tank, or covered cistern which can be used to dispose of urine and feces, and more generally of all sewage and refuse. It is a more antiquated solution than a sewer system. Traditionally, it was a deep cylindrical chamber dug into the earth, having approximate dimensions of 1 metre diameter and 2–3 metres depth. Their appearance was similar to that of a hand-dug water well.

Definition of cesspool in the English dictionary

The definition of cesspool in the dictionary is Also called: sink, sump. a covered cistern, etc, for collecting and storing sewage or waste water. Other definition of cesspool is a filthy or corrupt place.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CESSPOOL


ampoule
ˈæmpuːl
ampul
ˈæmpuːl
Blackpool
ˈblækˌpuːl
carpool
ˈkɑːˌpuːl
Hartlepool
ˈhɑːtlɪˌpuːl
Liverpool
ˈlɪvəˌpuːl
pool
puːl
Poole
puːl
poule
puːl
pul
puːl
respool
riːˈspuːl
sesspool
ˈsɛsˌpuːl
spool
spuːl
unspool
ʌnˈspuːl
whirlpool
ˈwɜːlˌpuːl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CESSPOOL

cespitose
cespitosely
cess
cessation
cesser
cession
cessionaries
cessionary
cesspit
cesta
cestode
cestoid
cestoidean
cestos
cestui
cestus
cesura
cesurae
cesural

WORDS THAT END LIKE CESSPOOL

birthing pool
car pool
dirty pool
gene pool
gold pool
hot pool
hydrotherapy pool
pool
moon pool
paddling pool
plunge pool
reinsurance pool
rock pool
swimming pool
typing pool
van pool
wading pool
wheat pool

Synonyms and antonyms of cesspool in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cesspool» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CESSPOOL

Find out the translation of cesspool to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cesspool from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cesspool» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

污水池
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pozo negro
570 millions of speakers

English

cesspool
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नाबदान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بالوعة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

помойка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fossa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মলকুণ্ড
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cloaque
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cesspool
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Senkgrube
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

汚水だめ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

불결한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cesspool
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nơi ô uế
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குட்டை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दरोडा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

fosseptik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pozzo nero
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szambo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

смітник
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hazna
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βόθρος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

beerput
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kloak
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kloakk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cesspool

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CESSPOOL»

The term «cesspool» is regularly used and occupies the 79.911 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CESSPOOL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cesspool

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6 QUOTES WITH «CESSPOOL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word cesspool.
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Benjamin Carson
I detest politics, to be honest with you. It's a cesspool. And I don't think I would fare well in that cesspool because I don't believe in political correctness and I certainly don't believe in dishonesty.
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John Jay Chapman
It is three and a half hours long, four characters wide and a cesspool deep.
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Howard Crosby
To let politics become a cesspool, and then avoid it because it is a cesspool, is a double crime.
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Bernadine Dohrn
Over all, many of society's values are a cesspool.
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Arthur Conan Doyle
London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained.
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Carl Paladino
We are angry about paying the highest income taxes and property taxes in the nation and getting less and less for it. We are angry about our incompetent, dysfunctional government that pays no attention to the desires of the people. We are angry about the cesspool of corruption and conflicts of interests and self-dealing that is Albany.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CESSPOOL»

Discover the use of cesspool in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cesspool and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Cesspool
K. Dohmen. CESSPOOL A Novel K.E. Dohmen iUniverse, Inc. New York Lincoln Shanghai Cesspool A Novel All Rights Reserved © 2004 by KE.
K. Dohmen, 2004
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Cesspool of Wisdom
Cesspool. of. Wisdom. Copyright© 2013 Wendi Bird Barnhart. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any ...
Wendi Bird Barnhart, 2013
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If I Had Cleared the Cesspool: A Lifetime of Funny Memories!
A Lifetime of Funny Memories! Richard Scott. referred to ecologically as short grass plains, indicating the natural grass species is mostly Blue Grama and Buffalo. These grasses never get more than a few inches high. The main feature though ...
Richard Scott, 2007
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MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
Maidenhead-court, a filthy privy, for the use of eight houses, the cesspool full and been running over into the street for 12 months : emptied and cleansed. Mr. Thomas House, St. Ermin's-hill, the cesspool full and running into the street : emptied ...
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Paris Sewers and Sewermen: Realities and Representations
For this very reason, examination of repirsentations of social groups like cesspool cleaners and sewer- men helps reveal the workings of those discourses which seek through differentiation, classification, and stigmatization to fix the meaning ...
Donald Reid, 1993
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Girl of the Frozen North
MOUNTlE: You are making a big mistake. So did l, incidentally. CESSPOOL: Get your hands up and keep them there. (MOUNTlE reluctantly raises his hands. ) CLEO: Does anyone have a rope? MOUNTlE: Didn't we decide hanging was too  ...
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Resiliency and Capacity Building in Inner-city Learning ...
CHAPTER. 1. 0. Youth. Gangs: Cesspool. or. Talent. Pool? by Philip A. Baker, Ken W. McCluskey, and Andrea L. A. McCluskey In Winnipeg, Manitoba, as in other cities and towns throughout North America and the world, youth gangs have ...
Dawn Leigh Sutherland, Laura Sokal, 2003
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Order and Place in a Colonial City: Patterns of Struggle and ...
3. Cesspool. City: Sanitarianism. in. Colonial. Georgetown. Ode to Demerara Demerara, land of trenches, Giving out most awful stenches; Land of every biting beast Making human flesh its feast; Land of swizzles, land of gin, Land of every kind ...
Juanita De Barros, 2003
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The American Cesspool
Discusses the damaging impact of the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal on the country, and the wider issue of sexual immorality in America.
R. C. Besteder, 1998
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Swimming in the Cesspool
This book tells the story of an American teacher who went to New Zealand with the intention of helping children learn the joys of mathematics.
Gregg Smith, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CESSPOOL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cesspool is used in the context of the following news items.
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GOP largely created this cesspool of discourse
Montgomery County Revenue Commissioner Janet Buskey is going places. On her personal Facebook page last week, Buskey essentially ... «Montgomery Advertiser, Jul 15»
2
Shannon Sharpe: Antonio Gates “cheated the game”
You're all turning my/our favorite pastime into a cesspool of sissy name calling and “cheater” accusing and frankly, I've grown pretty damn tired ... «NBCSports.com, Jul 15»
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John Green Is a Hero of the Teen Internet. Is He to Blame for the …
In her defense of Green, bestselling YA author Maggie Stiefvater pointed out that virjn's post wasn't just festering in some cesspool somewhere, ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»
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An unsparing portrait of Alma Mahler as wife, mistress and muse
Marietta Torberg, the wife of Austrian writer Friedrich Torberg, described her as "a grande dame and, at the same time, a cesspool.". «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
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Why Ukraine Deserves a Haircut
The energy monopoly Naftogaz, previously a cesspool of illicit transactions, has in a year managed the seemingly impossible: making Ukraine ... «Project Syndicate, Jul 15»
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Colorado's Birth Control Experiment Proves The Whole Country …
... people jump through unnecessary hoops and the fear that access to birth control will cause the country to turn into a cesspool of promiscuous degenerates. «Bustle, Jul 15»
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A new beginning for MLK hospital and the community
"The hospital was a cesspool because of the people who ran it." But Winter said he's checked the backgrounds of the new hospital ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
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Causing and Condoning Sinful Behavior: Part IV
By the 1930s, the American movie culture had evolved into a cesspool of depravity. The government intervened as much as it could and a ... «Patriot Post, Jul 15»
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Have Premillennialists Given Up?
The world will slide into a miry cesspool that no human can restore. And then Jesus will return to make all things new. Every SCOTUS faux pas ... «Christian Broadcasting Network, Jul 15»
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For-profit prisons threaten public safety
GEO Group lost a contract in Mississippi after a federal judge called the Walnut Grove Correctional Facility "a cesspool of unconstitutional and ... «azcentral.com, Jul 15»

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