Cesspit
noun
A place for the storage of waste or sewage.
The house had a hidden, collapsing cesspit in the backyard.
Often appears as...
- uncovered cesspit
- overflowing cesspit
noun
An extremely dirty, disorganised, or unpleasant place or situation.
His dorm room is a complete cesspit.
Often appears as...
- cesspit of iniquity
- cesspit of corruption
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
noun
A place for the storage of waste or sewage.
The house had a hidden, collapsing cesspit in the backyard.
Often appears as...
- uncovered cesspit
- overflowing cesspit
noun
An extremely dirty, disorganised, or unpleasant place or situation.
His dorm room is a complete cesspit.
Often appears as...
- cesspit of iniquity
- cesspit of corruption
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Literal meaning
Used to describe an actual tank where sewage is collected, not necessarily only a pit in the ground.
We need to hire a company to clean the cesspit.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative connotation
When referring to a place, it suggests poor management or maintenance.
Avoid that restaurant; it's a cesspit of health violations.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical location
Typically found outside and away from living spaces due to odor and health concerns.
The old farm's cesspit is located far from the house.
Pro Tip 1/3Literal meaning
Used to describe an actual tank where sewage is collected, not necessarily only a pit in the ground.
We need to hire a company to clean the cesspit.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative connotation
When referring to a place, it suggests poor management or maintenance.
Avoid that restaurant; it's a cesspit of health violations.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical location
Typically found outside and away from living spaces due to odor and health concerns.
The old farm's cesspit is located far from the house.
Pro Tip 1/3Literal meaning
Used to describe an actual tank where sewage is collected, not necessarily only a pit in the ground.
We need to hire a company to clean the cesspit.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative connotation
When referring to a place, it suggests poor management or maintenance.
Avoid that restaurant; it's a cesspit of health violations.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical location
Typically found outside and away from living spaces due to odor and health concerns.
The old farm's cesspit is located far from the house.
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How will we survive when...
You know they generate equally giant piles of toxic salt that are basically impossible to dispose of. And those megacities you like? Can you name me an actually existing megacity that really exists in the world today, except for possibly Tokyo, that isn't a cesspool of corruption and inequality?
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How a few scientists...
which Dr. Snow attributed to the fact that the workhouse had its own private well. Finally, Dr. Snow heard of an infant who may have been one of the earliest victims of the outbreak. He learned that the child's dirty diapers had been thrown into a cesspool
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A Hippo Battle PIPE Hostile...
Oxpeckers ravage cracks in their delicate skin. And 20 tons of waste a day has turned it into a cesspit.
Video examples
How will we survive when...
You know they generate equally giant piles of toxic salt that are basically impossible to dispose of. And those megacities you like? Can you name me an actually existing megacity that really exists in the world today, except for possibly Tokyo, that isn't a cesspool of corruption and inequality?
Video examples
How a few scientists...
which Dr. Snow attributed to the fact that the workhouse had its own private well. Finally, Dr. Snow heard of an infant who may have been one of the earliest victims of the outbreak. He learned that the child's dirty diapers had been thrown into a cesspool
Video examples
A Hippo Battle PIPE Hostile...
Oxpeckers ravage cracks in their delicate skin. And 20 tons of waste a day has turned it into a cesspit.
Example 1 of 3
Quote examples
Sajid Javid
British Politician
I used to live in a street in Bristol which was, depending on your tabloid of choice, either Britain's most dangerous street or a moral cesspit. People made judgments about me on where I lived. It affected me - it affected my life chances. That is going on today with people in social housing. That, to me, isn't acceptable.
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Olivia Wilde
American Actress
I read so many things because a colleague or a friend will post something, and I'll be able to learn a tremendous amount only because they drew attention to it. So I try to do that for others, and that's the great thing about social media. It's not always a narcissistic cesspool or waste of time.
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Ben Carson
American Scientist
I detest politics, to be honest with you. It's a cesspool. And I don't think I would fare well in that cesspool because I don't believe in political correctness and I certainly don't believe in dishonesty.
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Garrett Hardin
American Environmentalist
Using the commons as a cesspool does not harm the general public under frontier conditions, because there is no public, the same behavior in a metropolis is unbearable.
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George Sanders
American Actor
Dear World, I am leaving because I am bored. I feel I have lived long enough. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool. Good luck.
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Norman Angell
British Writer
Everywhere I go I see increasing evidence of people swirling about in a human cesspit of their own making.
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Sarah Cooper
Jamaican Comedian
Twitter is a cesspool but I find I can ignore most of the cess most of the time.
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John Jay Chapman
American Poet
It is three and a half hours long, four characters wide and a cesspool deep.
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Bernadine Dohrn
American Educator
Over all, many of society's values are a cesspool.
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Stewart Udall
American Politician
Washington's a cesspool of money.
Quote examples
Sajid Javid
British Politician
I used to live in a street in Bristol which was, depending on your tabloid of choice, either Britain's most dangerous street or a moral cesspit. People made judgments about me on where I lived. It affected me - it affected my life chances. That is going on today with people in social housing. That, to me, isn't acceptable.
Quote examples
Olivia Wilde
American Actress
I read so many things because a colleague or a friend will post something, and I'll be able to learn a tremendous amount only because they drew attention to it. So I try to do that for others, and that's the great thing about social media. It's not always a narcissistic cesspool or waste of time.
Quote examples
Ben Carson
American Scientist
I detest politics, to be honest with you. It's a cesspool. And I don't think I would fare well in that cesspool because I don't believe in political correctness and I certainly don't believe in dishonesty.
Quote examples
Garrett Hardin
American Environmentalist
Using the commons as a cesspool does not harm the general public under frontier conditions, because there is no public, the same behavior in a metropolis is unbearable.
Quote examples
George Sanders
American Actor
Dear World, I am leaving because I am bored. I feel I have lived long enough. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool. Good luck.
Quote examples
Norman Angell
British Writer
Everywhere I go I see increasing evidence of people swirling about in a human cesspit of their own making.
Quote examples
Sarah Cooper
Jamaican Comedian
Twitter is a cesspool but I find I can ignore most of the cess most of the time.
Quote examples
John Jay Chapman
American Poet
It is three and a half hours long, four characters wide and a cesspool deep.
Quote examples
Bernadine Dohrn
American Educator
Over all, many of society's values are a cesspool.
Quote examples
Stewart Udall
American Politician
Washington's a cesspool of money.
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