SQUALID

(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 : flyblown , sordid
(adj.) morally degraded
"a seedy district", "the seamy side of life", "sleazy characters hanging around casinos", "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls", "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils", "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal"
synonyms : seamy , seedy , sleazy , sordid

Mnemonics for squalid

(Tag: english) associate it with 'lid'..widout a lid the contents of the container wud get dirty n filthy
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(Tag: ) SQUASHED + LID...If a LIDED can is SQUASHED, it gets everything filthy.
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(Tag: ) Terrorist's squad lid is very dirty and immoral
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(Tag: ) sQUAlid sounds like aQUA. squalid aqua- dirty water.
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(Tag: ) think of a squatter living in an rundown house. They are filthy and dirty
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(Tag: English) squalid- think of squalor(dirt,filth) so something squalid is characterized by squalor
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