insalubrious

Meaning of insalubrious

adjective
  1. (of a place) seedy and run-down; unwholesome.
    a poor area full of insalubrious hotels

mid 17th century: from Latin insalubris (from in- ‘not’ + salubris ‘salubrious’) + -ous.

Information about insalubrious

  • It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of insalubrious

in-salu-bri-ous

  • It consists of 4 syllables and 12 chars.
  • insalubrious is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

insalubrious synonyms

Meaning unhealthful:

unhealthful, unhealthy

Meaning shabby and squalid:

seedy

Meaning involving immoral or dishonourable actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt:

sordid

Meaning sordid and disreputable:

seamy

Meaning (of a place) squalid and seedy:

sleazy

Meaning causing discomfort, unhappiness, or revulsion; disagreeable:

unpleasant

Meaning gloomy and drab:

dingy

Meaning intend to convey or refer to (a particular thing); signify:

mean

Meaning (of a person) in a very unhappy or unfortunate state:

wretched

Meaning causing a mood of gloom or depression:

dismal

Meaning squalid or unfit for human habitation:

slummy

Meaning (of a place) squalid and overcrowded:

slumlike

Meaning (of a place) extremely dirty and unpleasant, especially as a result of poverty or neglect:

squalid

Meaning in poor condition through long use or lack of care:

shabby

Meaning (especially of a house or vehicle) in a state of severe disrepair:

ramshackle

Meaning (of a building or other structure) falling or fallen into ruin; dilapidated:

tumbledown

Meaning (of a building or object) in a state of disrepair or ruin as a result of age or neglect:

dilapidated

Meaning suffering a lack of proper care:

neglected

Meaning not kept in good condition:

unmaintained

Meaning breaking or falling apart into small fragments, especially as part of a process of deterioration:

crumbling

Meaning rotting or decomposing through the action of bacteria and fungi:

decaying

Meaning shabby and untidy or dirty:

scruffy

Meaning dirty and unpleasant:

scuzzy

Meaning dirty, unpleasant, or of poor quality:

crummy

Meaning grimy; dirty:

grungy

Meaning (of a building) ramshackle; rickety:

shambly

Meaning unpleasant and of poor quality:

grotty

Meaning (of a building) dilapidated or ramshackle:

shacky

Meaning (especially of a person) dirty and unpleasant:

skanky

insalubrious antonyms

Meaning health-giving; healthy:

salubrious

Meaning (of a person) clean, tidy, and well dressed:

smart

Translation of insalubrious

Words that rhyme with insalubrious

aerobious, amphibious, anaerobious, antiscabious, dubious, helobious, hematobious, indubious, microbious, nonamphibious, rabious, rubious, scabious, stibious, superbious, superdubious, triphibious, undubious, Delicious, Procious, acinacious, ametoecious, androdioecious, andromonoecious, appendicious, artificious, astucious, atrocious, audacious, auspicious, autecious, autoecious, avaricious, bibacious, bodacious, boldacious, bowdacious, capacious, capricious, cilicious, coconscious, cogracious, conconscious, conscious, contumacious, curvacious, delicious, dicacious, diecious, dioecious

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