squalor Definition
squalor (skwäl′ər, skwôl′-)
noun
the quality or condition of being squalid; filth and wretchedness
Etymology: L, foulness, akin to squalere, to be filthy
squalor Synonyms
squalor Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- slum: Every time we lift one child above the squalor of the slums?
- place: She's shocked by the sheer squalor of the place.
- infection: In the squalor of the intensive chicken house infections spread like wildfire.
Converse of subject
surround: What's the point of being a vision of glamor every morning if you then spend the day surrounded by squalor?
Converse of object
- see: We spoke to them and saw the squalor and the problems that they faced.
- like: Am a tidy freak by nature, hate mess and she seems to like squalor.
- bring: Drug problems bring untold squalor and misery to countless homes.
Adjective modifier
- urban: In this way, what could be urban squalor is rendered almost regal, certainly distinguished.
- public: Nick Cohen: Well, we already have our private affluence and public squalor.
- utter: The throb of the head together with the utter squalor of the cave.
- moral: Their lives are often made worse by the moral squalor resulting from the collapse of stable family life.
- general: The general squalor which I was apt to cultivate was also a symbol of revolt against Henry's standards.
- such: He worried about the materialistic nature of nineteenth-century civilization and the way in which it could create such squalor.
Noun used with modifier
city: When we lived in inner city squalor we hung it from the lounge window ( 4th floor ) during Euro 2004.

