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Meaning of Squalor | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

ˈskwɒlə(ɹ)

Definitions

Filthiness and degradation, as from neglect or poverty

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

العربية القذارة

Bosanski bijeda mišar биједа

Català indigència misèria

Deutsch Ärmlichkeit Dreck elend Schmutz Unreinheit Verderbtheit Verkommenheit Vernachlässigung Verschmutzung

Español inmundicia miseria

Suomi kurjuus surkeus

Français conditions misérables saleté repoussante

Galego laceira rafa

Hrvatski bijeda mišar биједа

Magyar mocsok nélkülözés nyomor

Kurdî Elend mişar

Latina squalor

Nederlands miserabele omstandigheden weerzinwekkende vuiligheid

Polski bieda aż piszczy brud plugastwo

Português esqualidez esqualor

Русский грязь убожество

Српски bijeda mišar биједа

Svenska elände lort misär smuts snusk

Examples

“The heterogenous indigent multitude, everywhere wearing nearly the same aspect of squalor.”

“bring this sort of squalor among the upper classes”

“We’re living in squalor That’s the name of this house This house is called squalor by all There’s a door broken somewhere but I never can remember quite where.”

CEFR level

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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Meaning of Squalor | Babel Free

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