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Flyblown

adjective
1.
Spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies.  Synonym: maggoty.  "A sack of maggoty apricots"
2.
Foul and run-down and repulsive.  Synonyms: sordid, squalid.  "A squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town" , "Squalid living conditions" , "Sordid shantytowns"
3.
Especially of reputation.






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Words linked to "Flyblown" :   unclean, dirty, sordid, squalid, maggoty, stale, soiled, blemished



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