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Appalling vs Squalid - What's the difference?

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Appalling is a related term of squalid.


As adjectives the difference between appalling and squalid

is that appalling is horrifying and astonishing while squalid is extremely dirty and unpleasant.

As a verb appalling

is .

As a noun squalid is

(zoology) any member of the squalidae.

appalling

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Horrifying and astonishing.
    • That was an appalling waste of money.

    Usage notes

    * Not to be confused with appealing.

    Synonyms

    * awful, grotesque, horrid, hideous, terrible

    Derived terms

    * appallingly

    squalid

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Extremely dirty and unpleasant.
  • Showing a contemptible lack of moral standards.
    • A squalid attempt to buy votes.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) Any member of the Squalidae.
  • * 2008 , David A. Ebert, James A. Sulikowski, Biology of Skates (page 126)
    • Numerous diet studies on squalids have shown that members of this family tend to feed mainly on teleosts and cephalopods