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Meaning of SQUALOR

Pronunciation:  'skwâlur

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  sordid dirtiness
 

SQUALOR is a 7 letter word that starts with S.

 

 Synonyms: sordidness, squalidness
 
 See Also: dirtiness, uncleanness

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Squa"lor\, n. [L., fr. squalere to be foul or filthy.]
Squalidness; foulness; filthness; squalidity.

      The heterogenous indigent multitude, everywhere wearing
      nearly the same aspect of squalor.       --Taylor.

      To bring this sort of squalor among the upper classes.
                                               --Dickens.

 

 

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