Word "SLUM" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions
Synonyms:
slum area

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive
Examples:
attending a motion picture show by the upper class was considered sluming in the early 20th century

Crossword Clues for SLUM

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Region of poverty Thomas Joseph 18 Jul 2025
Neglected area LA Times Daily 12 Jul 2025
Urban renewal candidate Newsday 10 Jun 2025
Impoverished area of a city
Endless depression creates difficult living conditions
Ghetto in endless decline (4)
Run-down quarter
House unfit for human habitation (4)
Squalid neighbourhood (4)
Urban eyesore
Area of very poor housing (4) Puzzler 03 Jan 2025
Less lumpy around deprived area (4)
Area of poor housing (4) Puzzler 18 Nov 2024
Squalid district (4)
Left in total ghetto (4)
Impoverished district
Squalid residential area The Times Concise 04 Sep 2024
Run-down area of housing Mirror Tea Time 01 Sep 2024
Shantytown
" Virgin" (Gabriela Cabezon Camara novel)
"___ Virgin" (Gabriela Cabezon Camara novel) USA Today 26 Aug 2024
Urban renewal target Newsday 25 Aug 2024
Brazilian favela, e.g. Wall Street Journal 07 Aug 2024
Squalid and overcrowded district (4)
A total of 50 living in squalor! (4)
UN-Habitat concern
Urban blight The Telegraph Quick 18 May 2024
Tenement locale
Run-down area of housing Mirror Tea Time 12 May 2024
Poor community
Squalid area (4) Puzzler 30 Apr 2024
Run-down neighbourhood
___ Dwellers International (global social movement of the urban poor)
District of squalid houses, 50 in total (4)
Line divides whole ghetto (4)
Visit a run-down neighborhood
Neglected neighborhood
Blighted urban area (4)
He has lumbago in such a mean place
Substandard dwelling (4)
Problem about large area of poor housing The Times Quick Cryptic 07 Dec 2023
Setting for London's 'People of the Abyss'
Downtrodden urban area
Run-down part of a city
Rundown region of a city
Hip hop group ___ Village of "Tainted"
Run-down part of a city
Poor area in endless recession The Guardian Cryptic 06 Jan 2023
Gentrification target Wall Street Journal 29 Dec 2022
"Get Dis Money" hip hop group ___ Village
Run-down area LA Times Daily 22 Jul 2022
Run-down area Eugene Sheffer 18 Mar 2022
Some abstemious luminaries in Number Ten? Hardly!
Run-down region Thomas Joseph 12 Feb 2022
Run-down neighborhood Newsday 18 Jan 2022
Depressed area LA Times Daily 29 Dec 2021
Blighted area LA Times Daily 25 Dec 2021
2009 Oscar-winning Danny Boyle movie setting
Squalid housing The Guardian Speedy 03 Oct 2021
Some Paris luminaries in poor part of city
Relative of a shantytown New York Times 27 Jul 2021
Run-down area The Washington Post 04 Jul 2021
Run-down area LA Times Daily 04 Jul 2021
Squalid section Wall Street Journal 18 Feb 2021
Urban renewal candidate Newsday 14 Feb 2021
City blight LA Times Daily 07 Jan 2021
City blight The Washington Post 07 Jan 2021
Squalid area The Telegraph Quick 30 Oct 2020
Dickensian setting New York Times 27 Aug 2020
Urban blight Eugene Sheffer 06 Aug 2020
Blighted area The Washington Post 05 Jul 2020
Blighted area LA Times Daily 05 Jul 2020
Frequent a seedy bar Newsday 28 Jun 2020
Ghetto Family Time 07 Jun 2020
Run-down part of a city
Run-down part of a city
Run-down part of a city
Run-down part of a city
Run-down area in need of aid
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