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Synonyms for squalid

23 synonyms
8 antonyms
1 meaning

adjective

Most common

dirty unclean filthy sordid

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Dirty

dirty, unclean, filthy, sordid, seedy, seamy, grubby, abject, disreputable, sleazy, mucky informal, nasty, lousy, foul, wretched, vile, contemptible, despicable, scandalous, cruddy, soiled, impure

Other

Antonyms

clean, pristine, immaculate

All antonyms of squalid →

Definitions

adj. 1
Extremely dirty and unpleasant.

Related words

Word family: squalidity squalidly squalidness

Example sentences

filthy Every seat was so filthy, I stood the whole way.
unclean What God has cleansed, you must not call unclean.
sordid Sami's sordid love affair destroyed his marriage.
seedy Tom and Mary live in a seedy rundown neighbourhood.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
squalid		steady
filthy		rising
unclean		rising
sordid		steady
seedy		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters: foul¹, vile¹
5 letters: dirty², nasty², lousy², seedy², mucky², seamy²
6 letters: filthy², sordid², abject², sleazy², soiled¹, impure², grubby², cruddy²
7 letters: unclean²
8 letters: wretched²
10 letters: despicable⁴, scandalous³
12 letters: disreputable⁵, contemptible⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dirty² = 2 syllables).