as in dump
a dirty or messy place
"That house is such a sty that I'm never setting foot in there again," she said with a shudder
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Recent Examples of sty
The designation will bring international recognition to the sties, which aren’t well known even to many Ohioans.
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Susan Glaser, cleveland, 19 Sep. 2023
We're admittedly smitten with this stage-to-sty story, which is apparently a sequel.
—Country Living, 7 Sep. 2022
Susan Glaser, cleveland, 19 Sep. 2023
We're admittedly smitten with this stage-to-sty story, which is apparently a sequel.
—Country Living, 7 Sep. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sty
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Just four years later, Howard found himself being traded away in a salary dump.Tim Bontemps, chicagotribune.com, 21 June 2017
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New York City is gradually transforming its largest trash dump, Fresh Kills on Staten Island, into a vast expanse of parkland and restored natural areas.Andres Viglucci, miamiherald, 15 June 2017
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To avoid making a big glittery mess, use a tablespoon to add 1-2 scoops of glitter to the water and glycerin mixture, and stir gently.Tessa Cooper, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2024
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The entries, in particular, were a mess without him.Harman Dayal, The Athletic, 9 Dec. 2024
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James Scotto See it for yourselves Brooklyn: The president and the mayor should take a walk to see what a pigsty Floyd Bennett Field has become.Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2024
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Authorities imprisoned many imams and converted many mosques into barns, warehouses, and even pigsties.Haiyun Ma, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2023
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Still, with the pitching shored up, Cashman has a whole lot more work to do, with holes at first base and third base and maybe center field.Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 14 Dec. 2024
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According to the suit, Teresa Gonzales was out on a walk when witnesses, who were not named in the suit, reported seeing a woman falling through a repair hole into a sewage line.Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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No pigpen-cleanup required!Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2021
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If the Hogs couldn’t win the day in their pigpen, with Bryce Young sidelined since the second quarter with a sprained shoulder, after scoring 23 straight points in the midst of a rare, extended Alabama meltdown, will this ridiculous streak ever end?Kevin Scarbinsky | Special to AL.com, al, 2 Oct. 2022
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Armstrong thinking Vegas is a total hellhole of a city hasn’t stopped him from showing up for the Green Day fans there.Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2024
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The 11-foot-tall bronze sculpture of the hero of a 1987 movie that made Detroit look like a flaming hellhole is on its back in a building somewhere within the 24-acre footprint of Eastern Market.Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2024
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“Sty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sty. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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