squalid — Kamus bahasa Inggris

Adjektiva

1. Extremely dirty and unpleasant.

   Contoh

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   [...] Mythologists describe Pan the son of Mercury (who was the God of Speech) with the upper part like a man, and the lower like a beast, to signifie that Truth is fair and comely, but a Lye squalid and Deformed.

2. Showing or characterized by a contemptible lack of moral standards.

   Contoh

   a squalid attempt to buy votes

   Minister, I hardly think that we can exploit our Sovereign by involving her in some might call a squalid vote-grubbing exercise.

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   [A] demon is just what we’ve been needing for a long, long time for our squalid affairs, to gratify our squalid desires, the sort of demon, of course, who can be persuaded to believe that he is the demon who will take all our own demoniacality on his shoulders, an Antichrist bearing the Iron Cross, and will not insolently slip through our fingers to string himself up before time, as [Nikolai] Stavrogin did.

Nomina

1. Any member of the family Squalidae of dogfish sharks.

   Contoh

   Numerous diet studies on squalids have shown that members of this family tend to feed mainly on teleosts and cephalopods[…]

Adjektiva

1. morally degraded

   Sinonim

   seamyseedysleazysordid

   Contoh

   a seedy district

   the seamy side of life

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   sleazy characters hanging around casinos

   the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal

2. foul and run-down and repulsive

   Sinonim

   flyblownsordid

   Contoh

   a flyblown bar on the edge of town

   a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town

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   squalid living conditions

   sordid shantytowns