FLYBLOWN

• (adj.) especially of reputation

  "a flyblown reputation"

• (adj.) foul and run-down and repulsive

  "a flyblown bar on the edge of town", "a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town", "squalid living conditions", "sordid shantytowns"

  synonyms : sordid , squalid

• (adj.) spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies

  "flyblown meat", "a sack of maggoty apricots"

  synonyms : maggoty

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