doss-house
Seedy overnight shelter
A doss-house is a cheap lodging house offering basic, often squalid accommodation, typically for homeless people or transients.
The term is chiefly British and somewhat old-fashioned, carrying connotations of poverty and desperation.
Residents pay a small fee for a bed, usually in a dormitory-style room with minimal amenities.
He spent his last few coins on a bed at the doss-house.
The American equivalent is flophouse.
Cheap transient lodging
- hostelShared traveler lodging
- bunkhouseCommunal sleeping building
- fleabagSqualid, inferior lodging
- shelterProtected place or structure
refuge · kip · digs · squat · mission · dormitory · lodging · accommodation
Extreme poverty, lacking necessities
- indigenceExtreme poverty, total want
- squalorDirty, degraded living conditions
- homelessnessLacking permanent residence
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
penury · privation · want · begging · impoverishment · down-and-out · pauperism · welfare
Homeless itinerant person
- drifterAimless, rootless traveler
- hoboItinerant without fixed address
- trampWandering homeless person
- vagabondHomeless, aimless wanderer
itinerant · homeless · wanderer · transient · migrant · derelict · down-and-outer · beggar
Discolored from grime
- shabbyWorn and neglected
- run-downDeteriorated from neglect
- decrepitWorn by age
- ramshackleBadly deteriorated from neglect
dilapidated · seedy · grimy · filthy · verminous · overcrowded · sordid · wretched
flophouse
Cheap transient lodging
shelter · refuge · kip · digs · squat · mission · dormitory · lodging · accommodation · bed
destitution
Extreme poverty, lacking necessities
- indigenceExtreme poverty, total want
- squalorDirty, degraded living conditions
- homelessnessLacking permanent residence
hardship · penury · privation · want · begging · impoverishment · down-and-out · pauperism · welfare · charity
vagrant
Homeless itinerant person
vagabond · itinerant · homeless · wanderer · transient · migrant · derelict · down-and-outer · beggar · panhandler
dingy
Discolored from grime
ramshackle · dilapidated · seedy · grimy · filthy · verminous · overcrowded · sordid · wretched · fetid
doss-houseluxury hotel
Premium overnight accommodation
five-star hotel · palace · boutique hotel · penthouse suite · manor house
doss-housepermanent residence
Fixed long-term dwelling
family home · homestead · private residence · ancestral home
doss-housemansion
Large, stately home
stately home · gentlemen's club · gated community · townhouse · private estate