squalidness Definition

squalid
adj

1. Said especially of places to live: disgustingly filthy and neglected.

Thesaurus: dirty, slovenly, broken-down, dingy, foul, fetid, musty, nasty, odorous, seedy, sleazy, sordid; Antonym: clean, pleasant.
2. Morally repulsive; sordid.

Example: gossip about their squalid affair
Thesaurus: dirty, seedy, sleazy, sordid.

Derivative: squalidity
noun

Derivative: squalidly
adverb

Derivative: squalidness
noun

See also squalor.

Etymology: 16c: from Latin squalidus, from squalere to be dirty.