Hovel
noun
A small, poorly built and often dirty house.
He lived in a tiny hovel at the edge of the town.
Often appears as...
- live in a hovel
- dirty hovel
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A small, poorly built and often dirty house.
He lived in a tiny hovel at the edge of the town.
Often appears as...
- live in a hovel
- dirty hovel
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Implies a place is unpleasant; often used to criticize someone's living conditions.
She was shocked to find him living in such a hovel.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Disrepair
Used to describe places that are not only small but also in bad condition, needing repair.
The storm turned his cozy cabin into a hovel.
Pro Tip 3/3Socioeconomic Status
Often reflects a lower economic status and is not typically a term of choice but of circumstance.
Her rise from a humble hovel to a mansion is inspiring.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Implies a place is unpleasant; often used to criticize someone's living conditions.
She was shocked to find him living in such a hovel.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Disrepair
Used to describe places that are not only small but also in bad condition, needing repair.
The storm turned his cozy cabin into a hovel.
Pro Tip 3/3Socioeconomic Status
Often reflects a lower economic status and is not typically a term of choice but of circumstance.
Her rise from a humble hovel to a mansion is inspiring.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Implies a place is unpleasant; often used to criticize someone's living conditions.
She was shocked to find him living in such a hovel.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Disrepair
Used to describe places that are not only small but also in bad condition, needing repair.
The storm turned his cozy cabin into a hovel.
Pro Tip 3/3Socioeconomic Status
Often reflects a lower economic status and is not typically a term of choice but of circumstance.
Her rise from a humble hovel to a mansion is inspiring.
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Quote examples
Peter Falk
American Actor
You think you're in another civilization, another time, and then you see antennas coming out of these hovels, and your mouth falls open when you see the descendants of the Incas shouting 'Columbo! Columbo!
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Emily Bronte
English Novelist
Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a home.
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Horace
Roman Poet
Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace.
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Jacqueline Cochran
American Aviator
I might have been born in a hovel but I am determined to travel with the wind and the stars.
Quote examples
Peter Falk
American Actor
You think you're in another civilization, another time, and then you see antennas coming out of these hovels, and your mouth falls open when you see the descendants of the Incas shouting 'Columbo! Columbo!
Quote examples
Emily Bronte
English Novelist
Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a home.
Quote examples
Horace
Roman Poet
Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace.
Quote examples
Jacqueline Cochran
American Aviator
I might have been born in a hovel but I am determined to travel with the wind and the stars.
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