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squalor

[ skwol-er, skwaw-ler ]

noun

  1. the condition of being squalid; filth and misery.

    Synonyms: wretchedness

    Antonyms: splendor



squalor

/ ˈskwɒlə /

noun

  1. the condition or quality of being squalid; disgusting dirt and filth
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of squalor1

1615–25; < Latin squālor dirtiness, equivalent to squāl ( ēre ) to be dirty, encrusted + -or -or 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of squalor1

C17: from Latin
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Example Sentences

“There is nothing compassionate about letting these individuals live in filth and squalor, rather than getting them the help that they need.”

The family had been living in squalor, surrounded by rubbish and human excrement, before the tragedy, the trial had heard.

From BBC

“It’s not compassionate to let people live in squalor just because they want to,” he said.

Victim A, who was in his fifties, was kept in squalor by the Rooney family on a travellers’ site in Lincolnshire, while they lived a life of luxury.

From BBC

Kamungo isn’t the first soccer standout, or even the first potential Olympian, to emerge from the monotony, squalor and desperation of a refugee camp.

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