disapproval Squalid activities are unpleasant and often dishonest. The Tory Party called the bill `the most squalid measure ever put before the Commons'
morally degraded; "a seedy district"; "the seamy side of life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"; "sleazy storefronts with dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly; "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce; "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal"
A squalid place is dirty, untidy, and in bad condition. He followed her up a rickety staircase to a squalid bedsit
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"