hovel

• Petite maison ou cabane sale, misérable et mal construite, souvent considérée comme inhabitable.

A small, dirty, and poorly built house or hut, often considered unfit for living.

1. Poor dwellingB2formal

   A small, dirty, and uncomfortable house or shelter, often in a state of disrepair.

   Habitat misérable

   • The family lived in a damp, crumbling hovel on the outskirts of town.
   • After the storm, many people were forced to take shelter in makeshift hovels.
   • The king was shocked to see how his subjects lived in such hovels.

   Synonymesdumpholehuthutchpigstyshackshanty

   Antonymescastlemanormansionpalace