escuálido

adj.

squalid, filthy.

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escuálido

► adjetivo

1 (delgado) emaciated, extremely thin, skinny

2 (sucio) squalid, filthy

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ADJ

1) (=delgado) skinny, scraggy

2) (=sucio) squalid, filthy

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-da adjetivo <persona/animal> skinny, scrawny

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= grungy, emaciated, squalid, scrawny [scrawnier -comp., scrawniest -sup.], puny [punier -comp., puniest -sup.], skinny [skinnier -comp., skinniest -sup.], gaunt.

Ex. It is primarily a story about a girl who, pregnant, flees her disapproving family to search for the father of her child in the grungy and sinister Midlands of England.

Ex. The non-white anorexic subjects reported ealier menarche, were shorter in stature, less emaciated, and practiced veganism slightly more commonly.

Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.

Ex. It is easy to see its two scrawny protagonists who ride around town on their bikes killing stray cats and dogs as victims of poverty and broken homes.

Ex. They are for the most part, a puny, degenerate race, whose bodies are too weak for their overworked minds.

Ex. The writer discusses the fashion industry's obsession with skinny models.

Ex. A dog standing in the middle of the road raised his hackles and growled as the line of filthy, gaunt humans marched down the dusty street towards him.

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-da adjetivo <persona/animal> skinny, scrawny

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= grungy, emaciated, squalid, scrawny [scrawnier -comp., scrawniest -sup.], puny [punier -comp., puniest -sup.], skinny [skinnier -comp., skinniest -sup.], gaunt.

Ex: It is primarily a story about a girl who, pregnant, flees her disapproving family to search for the father of her child in the grungy and sinister Midlands of England.

Ex: The non-white anorexic subjects reported ealier menarche, were shorter in stature, less emaciated, and practiced veganism slightly more commonly.

Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.

Ex: It is easy to see its two scrawny protagonists who ride around town on their bikes killing stray cats and dogs as victims of poverty and broken homes.

Ex: They are for the most part, a puny, degenerate race, whose bodies are too weak for their overworked minds.

Ex: The writer discusses the fashion industry's obsession with skinny models.

Ex: A dog standing in the middle of the road raised his hackles and growled as the line of filthy, gaunt humans marched down the dusty street towards him.

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escuálido -da

adjective

A ‹persona/animal› skinny, scrawny

B ‹lugar› squalid

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escuálido

◊ -da adjetivo ‹persona/animal› skinny, scrawny

escuálido,-a adjetivo emaciated

'escuálido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
escuálida
English:
scraggy
- emaciated
- scrawny

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escuálido, -a adj

emaciated

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escuálido

adj skinny, emaciated

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escuálido, -da adj

1) : skinny, scrawny

2) inmundo: filthy, squalid