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Squalid

Dirty through neglect; foul; filthy; extremely dirty.

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Dirty 84% connected

Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white.

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Dirty 84% connected

Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white.

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Disreputable 84% connected

Not reputable; of bad repute; not in esteem; dishonorable; disgracing the reputation; tending to bring into disesteem; as, it is disreputable to asso…

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Disreputable 84% connected

Not reputable; of bad repute; not in esteem; dishonorable; disgracing the reputation; tending to bring into disesteem; as, it is disreputable to asso…

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Soiled 84% connected

of Soil

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Soiled 84% connected

of Soil

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Unclean 84% connected

Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy.

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Unclean 84% connected

Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy.

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Sordidness 74% connected

The quality or state of being sordid.

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Sordidness 74% connected

The quality or state of being sordid.

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Squalor 74% connected

Squalidness; foulness; filthness; squalidity.

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Squalor 74% connected

Squalidness; foulness; filthness; squalidity.

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Synonym 5

Flyblown 92% connected

Tainted or contaminated with flyblows; damaged; foul.

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Seamy 92% connected

Having a seam; containing seams, or showing them.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Seedy 92% connected

Abounding with seeds; bearing seeds; having run to seeds.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sleazy 92% connected

Wanting firmness of texture or substance; thin; flimsy; as, sleazy silk or muslin.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Sordid 92% connected

Filthy; foul; dirty.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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