squalid: 脏的; Dirty and wretched, as from poverty or lack of care
1) filthy from neglect or poverty
2) filthy; wretched (from squalor)
3) sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect
squalid <> immaculate, pristine, splendor
squalid : cleanliness
相近词汇:disgusting, miserable, sordid
Once anything makes its way into my little brother’s squalid bedroom, it rarely makes its way out.
The lack of sanitation piping caused squalid conditions.
He makes good money, but I would never want to work in those squalid crawl spaces.
shipshape : disarray = squalid : cleanliness
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