English to afrikaans meaning of

squalor

Die woordeboekdefinisie van die woord "squalor" is 'n toestand van uiterste vuilheid en agteruitgang, dikwels as gevolg van armoede of verwaarlosing. Dit kan verwys na beide fisiese en morele verval, en word tipies geassosieer met toestande wat onhigiënies, onveilig of andersins onbewoonbaar is. Voorbeelde van onheil kan 'n vervalle en vervalle woning insluit wat met ongediertes besmet is, of 'n persoon se persoonlike leefruimte wat deurmekaar, vuil en onversorg is. Die term kan ook wyer gebruik word om sosiale of kulturele toestande te beskryf wat gekenmerk word deur armoede, siektes en wanhoop.

Synonyms

  1. squalidness
  2. sordidness

Sentence Examples

  1. Banished here or not, no Titan, not even a Nymph, would live in squalor.
  2. This lair was where he wanted to live, and in appalling squalor was how he insisted on living, no interference of any kind was ever tolerated.
  3. Boyle Heights basked in the warm sunlight, its streets calm after the recent shooting, but the squalor of its dwellings, when laid bare to the glaring summer sun, always cried out for attention.
  4. Amidst the squalor and barbarism of this city, I shall rebuild my Round Table and change the course of history.
  5. They entered in one of the poorer sections and the stench and squalor was overwhelming.
  6. But even they had to admit that their new homes, with their accompanying greenery and newly-tarmacked roads, looked a damn sight better than the squalor to which they were accustomed.
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