Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

cesspool

[ses-pool] / ˈsɛsˌpul /
NOUN
pit
Synonyms


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

It was into the post-noughties misogynist cesspool that the early feminist blogosphere was born, and initially, it was fun and freewheeling.

From Slate Mar. 31, 2026

The misery now being inflicted on poor people crowded into cesspool camps from the Congo to Bangladesh defies description.

From Salon Dec. 27, 2025

Some people, however, go as far as creating burner accounts just for shopping to keep the cesspool of targeted ads separate from their main profiles where they interact with family and friends.

From MarketWatch Oct. 10, 2025

It is the year 79, and “Rome, once the beacon of civilization, is now a cesspool of corruption and decay.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2024

He never thought he’d miss sleeping in a giant’s leather bed in a drakon-bone hut in a festering cesspool, but right now that sounded like Elysium.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




Vocabulary lists containing cesspool


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training