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
Main entry: seamy, seedy, sordid, squalid, sleazy
Definition: morally degraded
Usage: a seedy district; the seamy side of life; sleazy characters hanging around casinos; sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls- Seattle Weekly; the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils- James Joyce; the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal