my, slum-like, poverty-stricken; poor, impoverished, sorry, down-and-out, degraded, depressed, decayed; neglected, uncared-for, dilapidated, ramshackle, battered, in disrepair, rundown, broken-down, tumbledown, seedy, SI. crummy, SI. beat-up.
squall', n. 1. strong wind, gale, gust, blast, blow;
windstorm, storm, tempest, hurricane, barat.
2. disturbance, commotion, excitement, furor, agitation, disruption; turmoil, tumult, turbulence, hurly-burly; disorder, chaos, confusion, upheaval, unrest, disquiet; trouble, fuss, fuss and feathers, bother, pother, Inf. to-do, Inf. foofaraw.
-v. 3. blow, bluster, gust, storm, rage.
squall2, v. 1. cry, weep, wail, sob, bawl; cry out,
scream, shriek, yell, shout, Inf. holler, yowl, howl. -n. 2. crying, weeping, wailing, sobbing, bawling; crying out, screaming, shrieking, yelling, shouting, Inf. hollering, yowling, howling,
squalor, n. misery, miserableness, poverty, wretched ness, squalidness, squalidity; sordidness, abjectness, abjection, slumminess, starkness; filth, dirt, foulness, vileness, fulsomeness, feculence, scumminess, muckiness, sliminess, smuttiness, grunginess, dinginess, griminess, grubbiness, uncleanliness, uncleanness, filthiness, dirtiness, Rare, immundity, Obs. immun-dicity; repulsiveness, offensiveness, rankness, odorousness, nastiness,
squander, v. misspend, misuse, waste, dissipate, go or run through, SI. blow; (all of time) kill, fritter or fool away, lose; spend recklessly, play ducks and drakes with, throw away, burn up, SI. shoot one's wad, pour down the drain, throw good money after bad; throw money around, spend money like water, spend like a drunken sailor, spend money as if it grew on trees or as if it were going out of style; splurge, lavish, slather, SI. hang the expense, play the profligate, or prodigal,
square, n. 1. quadrate, rectangle, Rare, tetragon; block, cube.
2. try square, T-square, measure, ruler, straightedge, set square, carpenter's square.
3. plaza, place, park, piazza, forum, rialto; town green, green, town common, common, marketplace, market, public square, (in ancient Greece) agora; block, city block; tract, section, close, enclave, enclosure, quadrangle, Inf. quad.
4. Slang, conformer, conventionalist, traditionalist, conformist, Inf. middle-class type; classicist, formalist, precisianist, Inf. longhair, Inf. dodo, Inf. fuddy-duddy, Inf. mossback.
-v. 5. quadrate, cube, dice; block out, mark off,
measure off; set at right angles, line up.
6. (of the shoulders or back) straighten, straighten up, set, throw back; stiffen, tense, make rigid.
7. true, true up, render , true, plumb, make plumb; regulate, adjust, set, try, fix, rectify, resolve; equalize, flatten, smooth, even off or out, align, coordinate; fit, tailor, measure, proportion; put in order, order, neat-en, put to rights, right, set right; settle, arrange, unravel, disentangle.
8. Often
square with adapt, reconcile, synchronize, Inf. sync; compose, harmonize, coordinate, balance, compensate; agree, accord, suit, correspond, conform, accommodate, comport with, be congruous, comply; adjust to, trim to, cut to, gear to, key to, be in tune, be in unison; combine, team, match, tally, dovetail, Inf. jibe, wash; fit together, integrate; prove, conclude, clinch.
9. pacify, make peace, come to terms, patch up, mend; clear up, solve, heal, bridge over, mediate, negotiate.