squalor
noun/ˈskwɒlə(r)/
/ˈskwɑːlər/
[uncountable]- dirty and unpleasant conditions
- the poverty and squalor of the slums
- in squalor He had lost his job and was living in squalor.
- He was born in squalor next to the docks.
- a beautiful garden amid the squalor of the slums
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- public
- urban
- live in
- amid the squalor of
- in the squalor of
- in squalor
- …
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin, from squalere ‘be dirty’.
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