English to French Meaning of squalor - misère noire

Squalor :

misère noire

Squalor :: misère noire

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Definitions of squalor in English

Noun(1) sordid dirtiness

Examples of squalor in English

(1) The musicals of the '30s are enjoyable, in part because they don't dwell on misfortune and squalor and poverty.(2) they lived in squalor and disease(3) Meanwhile, the only two city shelters sank further into squalor and disrepair.(4) He died there in October 1774 amid scenes of unbelievable squalor .(5) They have been abandoned by their owners and now house illegal tenants who live in squalor and fear.(6) Many live in squalor , some in tent villages, others in ramshackle public buildings.(7) Perhaps it was her upbringing in the slums of Dundee, where squalor and drunkenness were a sad part of daily life, that made her more able to cope.(8) But patience has run out among people who have been living in squalor .(9) Buchanan Street's George Hotel was the essential backdrop for any film director looking to portray urban squalor .(10) There was none of the filth and squalor they regarded as inseparable from city life.(11) The great majority of the population lived in varying degrees of squalor .(12) She's content to live in utter squalor , while the detritus of daily living piles up around her.(13) But the residents say they are being forced to live in near squalor by a council that seems to have forgotten they exist.(14) He claims that his family's early life on the north bank of the River Aire in Leeds was one of squalor .(15) The heat, humidity and squalor of the flooded city is causing panic and desperation.(16) They are places of appalling squalor , repression and violence, where a few dollars earned by running drugs is a good wage.

(1) squall line ::

ligne de grains

Synonyms

Noun

1. dirt ::

saleté

2. filth ::

saleté

4. grime ::

crasse

5. muck ::

boue

8. poverty ::

la pauvreté

15. neglect ::

négligence

16. decay ::

pourriture

20. grunge ::

grunge

Different Forms

squalor

Word Example from TV Shows

there is only fear and SQUALOR.

Game of Thrones Season 4, Episode 10

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