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| Main Entry: | squalid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor, run-down |
| Synonyms: | abominable, base, broken-down, decayed, despicable, dingy, dirty, disgusting, disheveled, fetid, filthy, foul, grimy, gruesome, horrible, ignoble, impure, low, mean, moldy, muddy, musty, nasty, odorous, offensive, poverty-stricken, ramshackle, repellent, repulsive, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sloppy, slovenly, soiled, sordid, ugly, unclean, unkempt, vile, wretched, horrid, miry, reeking, scurvy |
| Antonyms: | clean, good, rich, kept-up |
| Main Entry: | base |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vulgar, low |
| Synonyms: | abject, abominable, cheap, coarse, common, contemptible, corrupt, depraved, despicable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, foul, humble, ignoble, immoral, indelicate, loathsome, lowly, mean, menial, offensive, paltry, pitiful, plebeian, poor, scandalous, servile, shameful, shoddy, sleazy, sordid, sorry, squalid, trashy, ugly, unworthy, vile, worthless, wretched, grovelling |
| Antonyms: | good, honest, moral, noble |
| Main Entry: | grimy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dirty |
| Synonyms: | dingy*, filthy, foul, grubby*, grungy*, messy, nasty, sleazy*, smutty*, soiled, sooty, sordid, squalid, unclean, begrimed, besmirched, cruddy, mucky, scuzzy, smeared |
| Antonyms: | clean, pure, sterile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grubby |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dirty, disheveled |
| Synonyms: | black, filthy, foul, frowzy*, grimy, grungy*, impure, messy, nasty, scruffy, seedy*, shabby, sloppy, slovenly, smutty*, soiled, sordid, squalid, unclean, unkempt, untidy, besmeared, mucky, scuzzy, uncleanly, unwashed |
| Antonyms: | clean, cleanly, neat, dressed-up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impure |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not clean mentally, physically; mixed |
| Synonyms: | adulterated, carnal, coarse, common, corrupt, debased, defiled, diluted, dirty, filthy, foul, gross*, grubby*, immodest, immoral, indecent, lewd, nasty, obscene, smutty*, squalid, tainted, unclean, unrefined, unwholesome, vile, wicked, admixed, alloyed, contaminated, desecrated, doctored, infected, not pure, polluted, profaned, sullied, unchaste, vitiated, weighted |
| Antonyms: | chaste, clean, impeccable, pure, sterile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mangy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | scruffy |
| Synonyms: | decrepit, dirty, impoverished, indigent, mean, moth-eaten*, poor, shabby, shoddy, sick, sleazy*, squalid, tattered, ragtag |
| Antonyms: | neat, kempt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | murky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gloomy, obscure |
| Synonyms: | black, cheerless, cloudy, dark, dim, dingy, dirty, dismal, drab, dreary, dull, dusk, dusky, filthy, foggy, foul, fuzzy, gray, grubby*, impenetrable, lowering, misty, muddy, nasty, nebulous, overcast, sad, smoky, somber, squalid, stormy, tenebrous, turbid, unclean, caliginous, darkened, dun, glowering, mucky, nubilous, roily |
| Antonyms: | bright, clear, light, luminous, sparkling, unobscured |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | seamy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corrupt, unwholesome |
| Synonyms: | bad, dark, degraded, disagreeable, disappointing, disreputable, disturbing, low, nasty, rough, sordid, squalid, unpleasant |
| Antonyms: | respectable, upright, wholesome |
| Main Entry: | seedy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | run-down, dilapidated |
| Synonyms: | ailing, beat up, bedraggled, crummy*, decaying, decrepit, dingy, drooping, droopy, faded, frowzy, grubby, mangy, messy, neglected, old, overgrown, poor, poorly, ragged, ratty, scruffy, shabby, sickly, sleazy*, slovenly, squalid, tacky, tattered, threadbare, tired, torn, unkempt, untidy, unwell, worn, dog-eared, down-at-the-heel*, flagging, gone to seed, in a bad way, sagging, used up, wilted, wilting |
| Antonyms: | luxurious, nice, posh |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sleazy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disreputable |
| Synonyms: | base, broken-down, cheap, common, dilapidated, flimsy, limp, low, mean, paltry, poor, run-down, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sordid, squalid, tacky*, trashy, unsubstantial |
| Antonyms: | fine, good, nice, reputable, respectable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sordid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dirty, bad, low |
| Synonyms: | abject, avaricious, base, black, calculated, corrupt, covetous, debauched, degenerate, degraded, despicable, disreputable, dowdy, filthy, foul, grasping, grubby, ignoble, impure, mean, mercenary, miserable, miserly, nasty, poor, seedy, selfish, servile, shabby, shameful, sleazy, slovenly, slum, small, small-minded, squalid, unclean, ungenerous, venal, vicious, vile, wretched, low-down, scurvy, self-seeking, slummy, uncleanly |
| Antonyms: | good, honorable, reputable, wonderful |
| Main Entry: | unclean |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dirty |
| Synonyms: | bedraggled, black, common, corrupt, decayed, defiled, dusty, evil, fetid, filthy, foul, grimy, impure, messy, muddy, nasty, putrid, rancid, rank, rotten, sloppy, slovenly, soiled, sooty, sordid, spotted, squalid, stable, stale, stinking, tainted, unhealthful, vile, befouled, besmirched, blurred, contaminated, desecrated, feculent, polluted, profaned, putrescent, smeared, smudged, stained, sullied, tarnished |
| Antonyms: | clean, hygienic, uncontaminated, unpolluted |
| Main Entry: | dirty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | soiled, unclean |
| Synonyms: | bedraggled, black, crummy, defiled, disheveled, dusty, filthy, foul, greasy, grimy, grubby, grungy*, icky*, lousy, messy, muddy, murky, nasty, pigpen*, raunchy, slimy, sloppy, slovenly, smutty, sooty, spotted, squalid, unkempt, unsanitary, unsightly, untidy, yucky*, begrimed, contaminated, cruddy, disarrayed, dishabille, dreggy, dungy, fouled, mucky, mung, polluted, scummy, scuzzy, slatternly, smudged, spattered, stained, straggly, sullied, undusted, unhygienic, unlaundered, unswept, unwashed |
| Antonyms: | clean, pure, spotless, sterile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | filthy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dirty, polluted |
| Synonyms: | black, crummy*, disheveled, foul, grimy*, gross*, grubby*, grungy*, impure, loathsome, muddy, nasty, obscene, offensive, putrid, repulsive, revolting, sleazy, slimy, slipshod, sloppy, slovenly, smoky, soiled, sooty, squalid, unclean, unkempt, vile, begrimed, blackened, cruddy, fecal, feculent, miry, mucky, scummy, soily, uncleanly, unwashed, verminous, yecchy |
| Antonyms: | clean, pure, sterile, unpolluted |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | foul |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disgusting, dirty |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, abominable, base, despicable, detestable, disgraceful, dishonorable, egregious, fetid, filthy, gross*, hateful, heinous, icky*, impure, infamous, iniquitous, loathsome, malodorous, nasty, nauseating, nefarious, noisome, notorious, offensive, pigpen*, putrid, rank*, raunchy*, repellent, repulsive, revolting, rotten, scandalous, shameful, squalid, stinking*, tainted, unclean, vicious, vile, wicked, yucky*, contaminated, horrid, mucky, polluted, sullied, yecchy |
| Antonyms: | clean, fragrant, pleasing, pure, wonderful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | musty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stuffy, aged |
| Synonyms: | ancient, antediluvian, antique, crumbling, dank, decayed, decrepit, dirty, dry, fetid, filthy, frowzy*, malodorous, moldy, moth-eaten*, noisome, old, putrid, rotten, smelly, spoiled, squalid, stale, stuffy, airless, dried-out, mildewed, mildewy |
| Antonyms: | clean, clear, new, sweet-smelling |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nasty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disgusting, offensive |
| Synonyms: | awful, beastly, bum*, dirty, disagreeable, fierce, filthy, foul, gross, grubby, hellish, horrible, icky*, impure, loathsome, lousy, malodorous, mephitic, murderous*, nauseating, noisome, noxious, objectionable, obnoxious, obscene, odious, ornery, outrageous, poison, raunchy*, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rough, sickening, soiled, squalid, stinking, tough, unappetizing, unclean, ungodly, unholy, unpleasant, vile, vulgar, yucky*, horrid, polluted, uncleanly |
| Antonyms: | great, magnificent, pleasing, wonderful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shabby |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | broken-down; in poor shape |
| Synonyms: | bare, bedraggled, crummy, decayed, decaying, decrepit, desolate, deteriorated, dilapidated, dingy, disreputable, faded, mangy, meager, mean, miserable, moth-eaten, neglected, pitiful, poor, poverty-stricken, ragged, ramshackle, ratty, rickety, ruined, ruinous, run-down, scruffy, seedy, shoddy, sleazy, slipshod, squalid, tacky, tattered, threadbare, tired, worn, worn-out, wretched, degenerated, deteriorating, disfigured, dog-eared, frayed, gone to seed, scrubby, worse for wear |
| Antonyms: | good, nice |
| Main Entry: | dirty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obscene, pornographic |
| Synonyms: | base, blue, coarse, contemptible, despicable, filthy, immoral, impure, indecent, lewd, low, mean, nasty, off-color, ribald, risqué, salacious, scatological, smutty, sordid, squalid, unclean, vile, vulgar, scurvy, unchaste, uncleanly |
| Antonyms: | clean, moral, upright |
| Main Entry: | miserable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | destitute, shabby |
| Synonyms: | abject, bad, contemptible, deplorable, despicable, detestable, disgraceful, godforsaken, impoverished, indigent, inferior, lamentable, low, meager, mean, needy, paltry, pathetic, penniless, piteous, poor, poverty-stricken, sad, scanty, shameful, sordid, sorry, squalid, tragic, vile, worthless, wretched, pitiable, scurvy |
| Antonyms: | generous, rich, wealthy |
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