- squalidness
- noun see squalid
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
squalidness
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Squalidness — Squal id*ness, n. Quality or state of being squalid. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
squalidness — See squalidly. * * * … Universalium
squalidness — noun The state of being squalid … Wiktionary
squalidness — n. filthiness, dirtiness; sordidness; misery, wretchedness … English contemporary dictionary
squalidness — n. Foulness, filthiness, squalidity, squalor … New dictionary of synonyms
squalidness — squal·id·ness … English syllables
squalidness — noun sordid dirtiness • Syn: ↑sordidness, ↑squalor • Derivationally related forms: ↑squalid, ↑sordid (for: ↑sordidness) • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
sordidness — noun 1. sordid dirtiness • Syn: ↑squalor, ↑squalidness • Derivationally related forms: ↑squalid (for: ↑squalidness), ↑sordid • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Squalor — Squa lor (skw[=a] l[^o]r), n. [L., fr. squalere to be foul or filthy.] Squalidness; foulness; filthiness; squalidity. [1913 Webster] The heterogeneous indigent multitude, everywhere wearing nearly the same aspect of squalor. I. Taylor. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
squalid — adjective Etymology: Latin squalidus rough, dirty, from squalēre to be covered with scales or dirt, from squalus dirty; perhaps akin to Latin squama scale Date: 1596 1. marked by filthiness and degradation from neglect or poverty 2. sordid… … New Collegiate Dictionary
