Associations to the word «Slum»
Noun
- Clinic
- Crime
- Worker
- Landlord
- Liverpool
- Shelter
- Thousand
- Violence
- Manhattan
- Accommodation
- Home
- Hiv
- Brazil
- Urbanization
- Villa
- Planning
- Building
- Caracas
- Child
- Beverly
- Sewage
- India
- Metropolis
- Gutter
- Reclamation
- Blight
- Filth
- Labourer
- Malnutrition
- Rooftop
- Funk
- Cholera
- Homelessness
- Plight
- Terran
- Prostitution
- Bombay
- Epidemic
- Hygiene
- Millionaire
- Trash
- Amenity
- Kat
- Hop
- Blitz
- Weeks
- Village
- Periphery
- Subsidy
- Carlton
- Dump
- Industrialization
- Barnett
- Pollution
- Hills
- Gangster
- Maharashtra
- Regeneration
- Karachi
- Programme
- Juror
- Brighton
- Degradation
- Scheme
Adjective
Wiktionary
SLUM, noun. A dilapidated neighborhood where many people live in a state of poverty.
SLUM, verb. To visit a neighborhood of a status below one's own.
SLUM, verb. To associate with people or engage in activities with a status below one's own.
Dictionary definition
SLUM, noun. A district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions.
SLUM, verb. Spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive; "attending a motion picture show by the upper class was considered sluming in the early 20th century".
Wise words
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