squalid

ˈskwɒl.ɪd
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Translation of squalid into German

Adjective

1.

dirty place

extremely dirty and unpleasant due to neglect
  • The squalid room was filled with trash.Der verwahrloste Raum war voller Müll.
2.

morally degraded

showing a lack of moral standards
verkommen moralisch verwerflich
  • His squalid dealings eventually led to his arrest..Seine verkommenen Machenschaften führten schließlich zu seiner Verhaftung
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Expressions with squalid: examples in English and translations in German

schmutziges Geschäft
unanständige Angelegenheit
Living in such conditions was truly a squalid business.

Synonyms and analogies of squalid in English

Examples of squalid in a sentence

  • Living in such squalid conditions was unbearable for the family.
  • The politician's squalid actions shocked the public.
  • She was involved in a squalid scandal.

Translations of "squalid" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Adjective
schmutzigadj.

I hope you don't find it too squalid.

Ich hoffe sie finden es nicht zu schmutzig.

armseligadj.

Their distortions are becoming increasingly ineffectual, blatant, and squalid.

Ihre Verdrehungen werden zunehmend untauglich, offenkundig und armselig.

erbärmlichadj.

Displaced people spent years living in squalid camps, while reconstruction dragged on for nearly a decade.

Binnenflüchtlinge mussten jahrelang in erbärmlichen Lagern leben, und der Wiederaufbau zog sich fast ein Jahrzehnt hin.

verkommenadj.

I married him because any other relationship seemed cheap and squalid.

Ich heiratete ihn, weil jede andere Beziehung billig und verkommen erschien.

elendadj.

A greedy Japan has seized a whole country just with five squalid divisions.

Das hungernde Japan bemächtigt sich mit fünf elenden Divisionen eines ganzen Landes.

verwahrlosteadj.

The elusive Squalid Squirrel lost episode.

Die verlorene Folge von Das verwahrloste Eichhörnchen.

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Other translations for squalid:

  • heruntergekommenadj.

squalid: Examples and translations in context

I would give you all the sordid, squalid details.

Ich geb dir alle schmutzigen und schäbigen Details.

The squalid past of the neighborhood was slowly being transformed by community efforts.

Die schmutzige Vergangenheit der Nachbarschaft wurde langsam durch die Bemühungen der Gemeinschaft transformiert.

I see you still persist in living in these squalid quarters.

Ich sehe, dass du immer noch daran festhalten, in diesen schmutzigen Quartieren zu leben.

I'm sorry it has to be in this... squalid little corner, but... c'est la vie.

Tut mir leid, dass es in dieser... schmutzigen kleinen Ecke sein muss, aber c'est la vie.

This squalid brawl in a distant city is more important than might appear at first sight.

Dieser schmutzige Streit in einer weit entfernten Stadt ist wichtiger, als es im ersten Augenblick erscheinen mag.

Before it was summoned from the squalid warehouse,

Bevor es aus einem schmutzigen Lager geholt wurde,

Because of the squalid conditions of your tenement.

wegen der schmutzigen Umgebung in Ihrem Mietshaus.

For centuries our noble clan lived in vile, squalid obscurity.

Für Jahrhunderte lebte unser nobler Klan in abscheulicher, armseliger Dunkelheit.

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