Definitions
foul and run-down and repulsive
Word origin
Learned borrowing from Latin squālidus, from squālēre (“to be rough or dirty”).
Used in a sentence
“[...] Mythologists describe Pan the son of Mercury (who was the God of Speech) with the upper part like a man, and the lower like a beast, to signifie that Truth is fair and comely, but a Lye squalid and Deformed.”
“a squalid attempt to buy votes”
“Minister, I hardly think that we can exploit our Sovereign by involving her in some might call a squalid vote-grubbing exercise.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Filthy and neglected”7 letters
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