Synonyms for
Squalid
Definition
dirty and unpleasant, especially as a result of neglect or poverty
Synonyms & similar words
Example sentences
- The abandoned house was in a squalid state.
- The conditions of the prison were squalid and inhumane.
- The restaurant had a squalid kitchen that was not up to health standards.
- The city's slums were filled with squalid living conditions.
- The abandoned lot was filled with squalid garbage and debris.
Quotes
'Poverty is often concealed in splendor, like the beggar who is painted by Velazquez, standing among the richly dressed aristocrats,' wrote Victor Hugo. 'Poverty is not squalor. It is not filth. It is not destitution. It is not a house which the photograph showed me—a house that was shabby and dirty and squalid. Poverty is something else. It is not the repairs that need to be done; it is the light from the window that is missing.'
'It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him,' wrote Abraham Lincoln. 'If he is snarlingly uncertain about his worth, and suspicious that he may be a squalid kind of creature, he is already miserable enough.'
'The world is not a pleasant place to be without someone to hold and be held by,' wrote Nikki Giovanni. 'Without someone to love and be loved by. Without laughter and do-you-remember-when. Yet, I have not the slightest interest in being a squalid piece in a chess game. I don't want to be called queen or even princess. I am not a piece of men's property.'