Main entry: flyblown
Definition: especially of reputation
Usage: a flyblown reputation
Main entry: flyblown, squalid, sordid
Definition: foul and run-down and repulsive
Usage: a flyblown bar on the edge of town; a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town; squalid living conditions; sordid shantytowns
Definition: spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies
Usage: flyblown meat; a sack of maggoty apricots