squalor
noun
[ ˈskwɒlə ]
• the state of being extremely dirty and unpleasant, especially as a result of poverty or neglect.
• "they lived in squalor and disease"
Similar:
dirt,
dirtiness,
squalidness,
filth,
filthiness,
grubbiness,
grime,
griminess,
muck,
muckiness,
slumminess,
foulness,
vileness,
poverty,
wretchedness,
dinginess,
meanness,
nastiness,
seediness,
shabbiness,
sordidness,
sleaziness,
insalubrity,
slovenliness,
repulsiveness,
neglect,
decay,
dilapidation,
scruffiness,
scuzziness,
crumminess,
grunge,
grunginess,
rattiness,
tackiness,
grottiness,
Origin:
early 17th century: from Latin, from squalere ‘be dirty’.
