flyblown — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. contaminated with flyblows

   Examples

   Him that thou magnifiest with all these titles Stinking and fly-blown lies here at our feet.

2. tainted

3. sordid, squalid

Adjective

1. spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies

   Synonyms

   maggoty

   Examples

   flyblown meat

   a sack of maggoty apricots

2. foul and run-down and repulsive

   Synonyms

   squalidsordid

   Examples

   a flyblown bar on the edge of town

   a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town

   More examples (2)

   squalid living conditions

   sordid shantytowns

3. blemished, especially of reputation

   Examples

   a flyblown reputation