squalid
Collocations
4ADJ.
narrow
VERB + SQUALID
call, grew
SQUALID + NOUN
backstreet, conditions
PREP.
in, up
Definitions
adj
Extremely dirty and unpleasant.
[...] 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.
Showing a contemptible lack of moral standards.
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.
noun
Any member of the family Squalidae of dogfish sharks.
Numerous diet studies on squalids have shown that members of this family tend to feed mainly on teleosts and cephalopods[…]
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6[...] 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
WiktionaryA squalid attempt to buy votes.
WiktionaryMinister, I hardly think that we can exploit our Sovereign by involving her in some might call a squalid vote-grubbing exercise.
WiktionaryNumerous diet studies on squalids have shown that members of this family tend to feed mainly on teleosts and cephalopods[…]
WiktionaryThe refugees were living in a narrow, squalid backstreet.
Tatoeba · #329240Tom grew up in squalid conditions.
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