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The word of the day is ‘squalid.’
The word is an adjective, i.e., it adds more information about the noun or sentence.
No, the word is an adjective. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Poor
2. Run-down
3. Extremely dirty and unpleasant,
4. Involving a contemptible lack of moral standards.
1. Hindi – Malin
2. Spanish – Miserable
3. French – Sordide
4. Mandarin – Shāyú
1. It was a squalid hovel and reeked of the earth out of which it was dug.
2. I couldn’t afford to die like a rat in a squalid hole like that.
3. Most of it is turgid, lumpy, fuzzy in texture, squalid in intellect.
4. Staying hidden in that squalid room had made him wretched and homesick.
5. Squalid intrigues are the shadow that I want to eliminate out of existence.
dingy, fetid, filthy, grimy, muddy, musty, ramshackle, seedy, shabby, sordid, wretched, abominable, base, broken-down, decayed, despicable, dirty, disgusting, dishevelled, foul, gruesome, horrible, horrid, ignoble, impure, low, mean, miry, mouldy, nasty, odorous, offensive, poverty-stricken, reeking, repellent, repulsive, scurvy, shoddy, sloppy, slovenly, soiled, ugly, unclean, unkempt, vile etc
Some antonyms of the word are:
bright, clean, clear, good, honourable, nice, pure, sterile, kept-up, rich, pleasant, proper, decent
Quotation:
I started playing music around 13 or 14, played jazz in high school, and played other stuff in college. After college, I tried to make it as a musician. I lived in a big squalid house full of dudes outside of Boston. We were all musicians. We built this studio in the basement and played there all hours of the day.
Jesse Andrews
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