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BNC: 14365 COCA: 19882

squalor

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
squalor /ˈskwɑːlɚ/ noun
squalor
/ˈskwɑːlɚ/
noun
Learner's definition of SQUALOR
[noncount]
: very bad and dirty conditions肮脏;邋遢
BNC: 14365 COCA: 19882

squalor

noun

squa·​lor ˈskwä-lər How to pronounce squalor (audio)
 also  ˈskwā-,
 or  ˈskwȯ-
: the quality or state of being squalid

Example Sentences

The family was living in squalor. I was shocked by the squalor of their surroundings.
Recent Examples on the Web As Frank's desire to wallow in the debauchery and squalor of his youth finds a home in new roommate Charlie, the show also benefits from having Frank around to bankroll the untold schemes and scams to come. Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 3 Sep. 2022 Daniel Zolghadri plays a middle-class New Jersey teen who drops out of school and lives in squalor in order to find his identity as a cartoonist. Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2022 She was horrified by her years encountering women living in squalor and giving birth to as many as 15 children, often endangering their own lives. Cathleen Miller, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022 Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate SAN ANTONIO — A couple is facing child endangerment charges after their four children — as young as 2 and as old as 13 — were found living in squalor Monday afternoon on the Northeast Side. Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 23 May 2022 De León objected, saying that the small structures were a huge step up for people who had been living in squalor on the streets. James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2022 In Central Falls, the family lived in squalor at 128 Washington St., and Viola enrolled in kindergarten at Broadstreet School. Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2022 The inhabitants live in squalor, moral as well as physical. The New Yorker, 2 May 2022 Along the way, his visits to the bursting-at-the-seams refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos and the mounting squalor in Bangladesh (the site of his first reportage back in 1971) reveal additional humanitarian crises. Michael Rechtshaffen, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Latin, from squalēre

First Known Use

1621, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of squalor was in 1621
BNC: 14365 COCA: 19882
squalor

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + SQUALOR | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEpublic, urban公共場所的/城市的污穢VERB + SQUALORlive in生活在骯髒的環境中PREPOSITIONamid the squalor of, in the squalor of在骯髒中a beautiful park amid the squalor of the slums位於骯髒的貧民窟中的美麗公園in squalor在骯髒之處He was born in squalor next to the docks.他出生在碼頭附近的骯髒之處。

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