States and conditions

Synonyms for squalid

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · adjective

The senseadjectiveTier 3, RidgelineStates and conditions

foul and run-down and repulsive

A squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

sordid

Same sentence, swapped: A sordid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for squalid as it is used in the sentence above.

petty
grave
small

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