Word.ws English Dictionary

squalider

squalider is the comparative form of squalid.

Meaning of squalid

Adjective

squalid (comparative squalider, superlative squalidest)

  1. Extremely dirty and unpleasant.
    • [...] Mythologists describe Pan the son of Mercury (who was the God of Speech) with the upper part like a man, and the lower like a beast, to signifie that Truth is fair and comely, but a Lye squalid and Deformed.1686, The Refin'd Courtier, or a Correction of several indecencies crept into civil conversation., London: Matthew Gilliflower
  2. Showing or characterized by a contemptible lack of moral standards.
    • a squalid attempt to buy votes

See all 3 meanings of squalid

Questions about squalider

What is squalider the comparative form of?
Squalider is the comparative form of squalid.

Words near squalider in the dictionary

  1. squalenoylation
  2. squalenoylations
  3. squalestatin
  4. squalestatins
  5. squalid
  6. squalider
  7. squalidest
  8. squalidities
  9. squalidity
  10. squalidly
  11. squalidness

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: squalider (page history and authors); squalid (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “squalider.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/squalider. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.