- 1(of places and living conditions) very dirty and unpleasant synonym filthy squalid housing squalid, overcrowded refugee camps
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- 2(of situations or activities) involving low moral standards or dishonest behavior synonym sordid It was a squalid affair involving prostitutes and drugs.
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