English-Thai Dictionary

squalid

ADJ สกปรก  มอมแมม  มอซอ  dirty shabby slummy sok-ka-pok

 

squalid

ADJ เลวทราม  ร้ายกาจ  ต่ำช้า  wretched degraded sordid leo-sam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SQUALID

a.[L., to be foul. ] Foul; filthy; extremely dirty. Uncombd his locks, and squalid his attire.

 

SQUALIDNESS

n.Foulness; filthiness.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SQUALID

Squal "id, a. Etym: [L. squalidus, fr. squalere to be foul or filthy. ]

 

Defn: Dirty through neglect; foul; filthy; extremely dirty. Uncomed his locks, and squalid his attrie. Dryden. Those squalid dens, which are the reproach of large capitals. Macaulay.

 

SQUALIDITY

Squa *lid "i *ty, n. Etym: [L. squaliditas.]

 

Defn: The quality or state of being squalid; foulness; filthiness.

 

SQUALIDLY

SQUALIDLY Squal "id *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a squalid manner.

 

SQUALIDNESS

SQUALIDNESS Squal "id *ness, n.

 

Defn: Quality or state of being squalid.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

squalid

squal id |ˈskwälid ˈskwɑlɪd | ▶adjective (of a place ) extremely dirty and unpleasant, esp. as a result of poverty or neglect: the squalid, overcrowded prison. • showing or involving a contemptible lack of moral standards: a squalid attempt to save themselves from electoral embarrassment. DERIVATIVES squal id ly adverb, squal id ness noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin squalidus, from squalere ‘be rough or dirty. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

squalid

squalid |ˈskwɒlɪd | ▶adjective (of a place ) extremely dirty and unpleasant, especially as a result of poverty or neglect: the squalid, overcrowded prison. • showing or involving a contemptible lack of moral standards: a squalid attempt to save themselves from electoral embarrassment. DERIVATIVES squalidly adverb squalidness noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin squalidus, from squalere ‘be rough or dirty ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

squalid

squalid adjective 1 a squalid prison: dirty, filthy, grubby, grimy, mucky, slummy, foul, vile, poor, sorry, wretched, miserable, mean, seedy, shabby, sordid, insalubrious; neglected, uncared-for, broken-down, run-down, down-at-heel, down-at-the-heel (s ), depressed, dilapidated, ramshackle, tumbledown, gone to rack and ruin, crumbling, decaying; informal scruffy, crummy, ratty, flea-bitten. ANTONYMS clean, pleasant. 2 a squalid deal with the opposition: improper, sordid, unseemly, unsavory, sleazy, seedy, seamy, shoddy, cheap, base, low, corrupt, dishonest, dishonorable, disreputable, despicable, discreditable, disgraceful, contemptible, shameful, underhanded. ANTONYMS proper, decent.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

squalid

squalid adjective 1 the squalid, overcrowded prison: dirty, filthy, grubby, grimy, mucky, slummy, slum-like, foul, vile, low, poor, sorry, wretched, dismal, dingy, miserable, mean, nasty, seedy, shabby, sordid, sleazy, insalubrious, slovenly, repulsive, disgusting; neglected, uncared-for, unmaintained, broken-down, run down, down at heel, dilapidated, ramshackle, tumbledown, gone to rack and ruin, crumbling, decaying; informal scruffy, scuzzy, crummy, shambly, grungy, ratty, tacky; Brit. informal grotty; N. Amer. informal shacky. ANTONYMS clean, pleasant. 2 a squalid attempt to save themselves from electoral embarrassment: improper, sordid, unseemly, unsavoury, sleazy, seedy, seamy, shoddy, vile, foul, tawdry, louche, cheap, base, low, low-minded, nasty, debased, degenerate, depraved, corrupt, dishonest, dishonourable, disreputable, despicable, discreditable, disgraceful, contemptible, ignominious, ignoble, shameful, wretched, abhorrent, odious, abominable, disgusting; informal sleazoid. ANTONYMS proper, decent.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

squalid

squal id /skwɑ́ləd |skwɔ́lɪd /形容詞 ｟けなして ｠1 汚い, 不潔な ; むさ苦しい .2 卑しい, 下劣な .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞