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The histories which we have of the great tragedy give no idea of the general wretchedness, the squalid misery, which entered into every individual life in the region given up to the war. Where the armies camped the destruction was absolute.
Rebecca Harding Davis

Meaning of "squalid" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SQUALID

From Latin squālidus, from squālēre to be stiff with dirt.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SQUALID

squalid  [ˈskwɒlɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SQUALID

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Squalid is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SQUALID MEAN IN ENGLISH?

squalid

Squalidae

Squalidae, also called dogfish sharks or sometimes spiny dogfishes, are a family of sharks in the order Squaliformes. They have two dorsal fins, each with smooth spines, but no anal fin and their skin is generally rough to the touch. Unlike virtually all other shark species, dogfish sharks possess venom which coats their dorsal spines – this venom is mildly toxic to humans. These sharks are characterized by teeth in upper and lower jaws similar in size; caudal peduncle with lateral keels; upper precaudal pit usually present; and a caudal fin without subterminal notch. They are carnivores and prey upon organisms smaller than themselves. The livers and stomachs of the Squalidae contain the compound squalamine, which possesses the property of reduction of small blood vessel growth in humans.

Definition of squalid in the English dictionary

The definition of squalid in the dictionary is dirty and repulsive, esp as a result of neglect or poverty. Other definition of squalid is sordid.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SQUALID


bellied
ˈbelɪd
biosolid
ˈbaɪəʊˌsɒlɪd
bullied
ˈbʊlɪd
calid
ˈkælɪd
collied
ˈkɒlɪd
Euclid
ˈjuːklɪd
eyelid
ˈaɪˌlɪd
jellied
ˈdʒɛlɪd
lid
lɪd
nonsolid
ˌnɒnˈsɒlɪd
olid
ˈɒlɪd
rallied
ˈrælɪd
rock-solid
ˌrɒkˈsɒlɪd
semisolid
ˌsɛmɪˈsɒlɪd
slid
slɪd
solid
ˈsɒlɪd
stolid
ˈstɒlɪd
trolleyed
ˈtrɒlɪd
unsolid
ʌnˈsɒlɪd
valid
ˈvælɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SQUALID

squaddy
squadoosh
squadron
squadron leader
squadronal
Squadrone
squail
squailer
squalene
squalidity
squalidly
squalidness
squall
squall line
squaller
squalling
squallish
squally
squaloid
squalor

WORDS THAT END LIKE SQUALID

callid
camelid
chrysalid
cichlid
formally valid
gelid
glid
halid
invalid
mustelid
nonvalid
nymphalid
Ozalid
pallid
pan lid
psyllid
pyralid
semi-invalid
sialid
Valladolid

Synonyms and antonyms of squalid in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SQUALID»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «squalid» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of squalid

Translation of «squalid» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SQUALID

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

Translator English - Chinese

脏乱的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

miserable
570 millions of speakers

English

squalid
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मलिन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحقيرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

убогая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

esquálido
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দারিদ্র্যপীড়িত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sordide
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cacat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verkommen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

むさくるしい
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

불결한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Squalid
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அழுக்கடைந்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

घाणेरडी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bakımsız
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sordido
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

plugawy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

убога
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sordid
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άθλιες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

goor
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

smutsiga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ussel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of squalid

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SQUALID»

The term «squalid» is regularly used and occupies the 95.978 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SQUALID» OVER TIME

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

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6 QUOTES WITH «SQUALID»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word squalid.
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Tom Baker
Most drama in our lives is really rather squalid.
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Peter L. Bergen
And in the end, bin Laden died in a squalid suburban compound surrounded by his wives and children and far from the front lines of his holy war.
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Rebecca Harding Davis
The histories which we have of the great tragedy give no idea of the general wretchedness, the squalid misery, which entered into every individual life in the region given up to the war. Where the armies camped the destruction was absolute.
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Terry Eagleton
Universities are no longer educational in any sense of the word that Rousseau would have recognised. Instead, they have become unabashed instruments of capital. Confronted with this squalid betrayal, one imagines he would have felt sick and oppressed.
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Max Lucado
We are Jesus Christ's; we belong to him. But even more, we are increasingly him. He moves in and commandeers our hands and feet, requisitions our minds and tongues. We sense his rearranging: debris into the divine, pig's ear into silk purse. He repurposes bad decisions and squalid choices. Little by little, a new image emerges.
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Harold Pinter
I found the offer of a knighthood something that I couldn't possibly accept. I found it to be somehow squalid, a knighthood. There's a relationship to government about knights.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SQUALID»

Discover the use of squalid in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to squalid and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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'A Senseless, Squalid War': Voices from Palestine; 1890s to 1948
@5117; 'sf-M I L giENSELEéS, SQUALID WA R' VOICES FROM PALESTINE l890s-l948 N O R M A N R O S E PIMLICO 832 'A SENSELESS, SQUALID WAR' Norman Rose is a. Front Cover.
Norman Rose, 2014
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century ...
Gr. oneWteiv, e dry (see skelet, skeleton).] 1. Foul ; filthy; extremely dirty: as, a squalid beggar ; a squalid house. Uncomb'd his locks, and squalid his attire. Dryden, Pal. and Arc., L 589. 2t. Rough; shaggy. [Bare.] Squalidse (skwal'i-de), n. pl.
‎1911
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An English and Chinese standard dictionary: M-Z
hiKI^ B*£-'h!fl;frStK'J#&ffii£di£ ; A flying squadron, a squadron that cruises rapidly from place to place, mWf&&L, ilfSpsESSt. See Square. Squadroned, (skwod '- rond) a. Formed into squadrons or squares, JiKj$!$t5i'i!j,/jJJ Squalid, (skwol'-id) a.
顏惠慶, 1908
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century ...
squalid anything), esp. be stifl' or rough from negligence or want of care, be foul; cf. Gr. ontqu, be dry (see skelel, skeleton).] 1. Foul; filthy' extremely dirty: as, a squalid beggar; asquali house. Uncomb'd his locks, and id his attire. Dry n, Pal. and ...
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1900
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'Twas in Trafalgar's Bay: and other stories
... all ungraced by any single redeeming feature of beauty, smirched with smoke, with squalid fronts, squalid roads, squalid gutters, squalid children, squalid men, and squalid women. And was she to give up all the things which made life a joy, ...
Sir Walter Besant, James Rice, 1888
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary
squalid anything), esp. be stiff or rough from negli- fenee or want of care, be foul; cf. Gr. antXteiv, e dry (see skelet, skeleton).] 1. Foul; filthy; extremely dirty: as, a squalid beggar ; a squalid house. Uncomb'a his locks, and squalid his attire.
William Dwight Whitney, 1906
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The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the ...
squalid anything), esp. be stiff or rough from negligence or want of care, be foul; cf. Gr. oKklteiv, be dry (see akelet, skeleton).'] 1. Foul; filthy; extremely dirty : as, a squalid beggar ; a squalid house. Uncomb'd his locks, and squalid his attire.
‎1914
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The Scots Revised Reports: Court of Session, Third Series ...
A visitor at a hotel made an entry in the visitors' book to the effect that he had visited most of the hotels in Scotland, but that he had nowhere " encountered so much drinking or so much squalid untidiness and dirt" In an action of damages ...
Norman Macpherson, Sir John Rankine, 1905
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Cosmopolitan
Out of a squalid cell he had been pushed along squalid hallways, through groups of squalid faces, into a squalid courtroom, where he was ushered into a squalid cage, long and narrow, with a seat hardly wider than a knife blade. Once within ...
‎1921
10
Stupendous, Miserable City: Pasolini's Rome
A very literal translation might read: “How destiny echoes more deeply in my mind, that squalid halo of things.” Pasolini's mind is exalted and debased—“ squalid,” and yet its figure is that of a seraphic crown. The particular shape and texture of ...
John David Rhodes, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SQUALID»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term squalid is used in the context of the following news items.
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House of Horrors: Shock pics show squalid home so neglected no …
DESCRIBED by a judge as "absolutely disgusting", this is the house of horrors where a CORPSE was discovered rotting upstairs. By Rob Virtue. PUBLISHED: ... «Express.co.uk, May 15»
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Owners arrested after two wounded dogs found in 'squalid
One dog had an eye injury while the other had severely infected ears, authorities said Thursday after taking the canines from a "squalid" Huntington yard. «Newsday, Apr 15»
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Inside squalid house where 42 animals were kept in darkened …
A couple who kept 42 animals in such squalid conditions that two of them had to be put down were jailed for three months each today. Cruel June Harding, 46, ... «mirror.co.uk, Mar 15»
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Charities blast 'squalid' plan to stop hostile campaigns
The group representing more than 2,000 charity leaders has accused Eric Pickles of a “squalid attempt” to prevent voluntary groups speaking out against the ... «PoliticsHome.com, Mar 15»
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Animals Rescued From Squalid Home Getting Fresh Start
Volunteers have been pouring in to help over 60 animals that were rescued from a squalid home in Eden, Vermont. Police say they served a search warrant on ... «NECN, Feb 15»
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Bed and breakfast owner keeps dozens of starving dogs in filthy …
A bed and breakfast owner kept dozens of starving dogs in filthy, squalid conditions at his £4m home. 27-year-old Robert McElhill had 33 puppies and dogs at ... «ITV News, Jan 15»
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Parents charged after 6 children found in squalid Central Florida home
The parents of six Central Florida children have been arrested after police say they discovered them squatting in a house with no electricity or running water and ... «WKMG Orlando, Jan 15»
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Owner of Mass. house of horrors assessed $46000
—A lien of more than $46,000 has been placed on the Massachusetts property that was the site of a squalid home in which three dead babies were found. «WMUR Manchester, Jan 15»
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Hazmat suits needed to retrieve bodies of three infants found in …
(CNN) — A mother whose infants were found dead amid squalid conditions in her Massachusetts home pleaded not guilty Monday to two counts of murder and ... «Q13 FOX, Dec 14»
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​Mass. mom charged with murder after babies' remains found
WORCESTER, Mass. -- A Massachusetts woman has been indicted on two murder charges after the skeletal remains of three babies were found in her squalid ... «CBS News, Dec 14»

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