flyblown (s)
squalid (s)
sordid (s)

a00421875

type s
lex_filenum 00
def foul and run-down and repulsive
examples a flyblown bar on the edge of town
a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town
squalid living conditions
sordid shantytowns
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Similar to dirty, soiled, unclean
Derivationally related form sordid → sordidness
Derivationally related form squalid → squalidness
Incoming links
Similar to dirty, soiled, unclean
Derived from adjective squalidly → squalid
Derived from adjective sordidly → sordid
Derivationally related form squalidness → squalid
Derivationally related form sordidness → sordid

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