Squalor

Noun

 * 1) Squalidness; foulness; filthiness; squalidity.
 * 2) * The heterogenous indigent multitude, everywhere wearing nearly the same aspect of squalor. -- Taylor
 * 3) * To bring this sort of squalor among the upper classes. -- Dickens
 * 4) ** Dickens also used the term to refer to those living in Squalor, such as those in the slums.

Verbs for Squalor
abolish—; endure—; eradicate—; fester in —; purge—; thrive amidst—; —begrimes; —blots; —contaminates; —corrupts.

Thesaurus
abjectness, abominableness, atrociousness, awfulness, baseness, beastliness, beggarliness, bestiality, blowziness, brutality, carelessness, chintziness, contemptibility, contemptibleness, crumminess, debasement, degradation, depravity, despicableness, detestableness, direness, disgustingness, dowdiness, dreadfulness, egregiousness, enormity, execrableness, filth, foulness, frowziness, frumpishness, fulsomeness, grossness, grubbiness, hatefulness, heinousness, horribleness, infamousness, littleness, loathsomeness, looseness, lousiness, lowness, meanness, messiness, miserableness, monstrousness, nastiness, nefariousness, negligence, noisomeness, notoriousness, obnoxiousness, odiousness, offensiveness, outrageousness, paltriness, pettiness, pokiness, poorness, rankness, repulsiveness, rottenness, scabbiness, scandalousness, scrubbiness, scruffiness, scumminess, scurviness, seediness, shabbiness, shamefulness, shoddiness, slatternliness, slipshodness, sloppiness, slovenliness, slovenry, slumminess, sluttishness, smallness, sordidness, squalidity, squalidness, tackiness, tawdriness, terribleness, the pits, uncleanness, unneatness, untidiness, vileness, worthlessness, wretchedness

Etymology
From the squalere:.

Translations

 * Finnish: surkeus, kurjuus
 * Spanish: miseria, vivir en miseria
 * French: saleté repoussante, conditions misérables

Noun

 * 1) stiffness, roughness
 * 2) dirtiness, filthiness, foulness, squalor