Synonyms for squalor
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Squalidness
2. Filth
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
Filthiness and degradation, as from neglect or poverty
Forms
- Plural
- squalors → sordidnesses, filths, wretchednesses, nastinesses…
Example sentences
- filth Everything was coated in a layer of filth.
- wretchedness War is accompanied by wretchedness and sorrow.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| squalor | steady | |
| filth | rising | |
| wretchedness | steady | |
| squalidity | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- filth1
- 8 letters
- foulness2
- 9 letters
- nastiness3
- 10 letters
- filthiness, sordidness, squalidity
- 11 letters
- squalidness
- 12 letters
- wretchedness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (foulness2 = 2 syllables).