as in dump
a dirty or messy place
"That house is such a sty that I'm never setting foot in there again," she said with a shudder
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Recent Examples of sty
For patients with eyelid infections, this buildup is a common cause of dryness, itchiness, eyelash loss and even recurrent sties.
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Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 30 May 2025
Vance's office announced the trip on Sunday, describing it as one dedicated to learning about Greenlandic culture with stops at historical sties and its national dogsled race.
—Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 24 Mar. 2025
The designation will bring international recognition to the sties, which aren’t well known even to many Ohioans.
—Susan Glaser, cleveland, 19 Sep. 2023
We're admittedly smitten with this stage-to-sty story, which is apparently a sequel.
—Country Living, 7 Sep. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sty
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To him, 1000 Corporate Drive was no call center; that term would better characterize his previous dump in Hollywood, Florida.—
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On Monday, Smith, 34, announced the birth of her child with Sutherland, 34, by sharing a massive photo dump, showing off pics from all throughout her pregnancy and ending with a snap of her body four days postpartum.—
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Weekend Home Deals Keep your home clean and tidy with fabric storage bags, drawer organizers, and a Shark steam mop that effortlessly removes grime, sticky messes, and more debris from hard floors.—
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Using the wrong pan can affect cooking time, texture, and appearance—cookies may spread too much, cakes may bake unevenly, or liquids may spill over the sides, making a big mess.—
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De Wet claims Olivier then ordered him to dispose of their bodies in a pigsty — an act prosecutors believe was meant to destroy evidence.—
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Regard your property as an investment in a pigsty, and visitors will treat it thus.—
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His absence left yet another hole in the quartet featuring him, Ball, Knueppel and Bridges.—
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Plunging directly in the frigid lake via holes carved in the ice.—
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If the Hogs couldn’t win the day in their pigpen, with Bryce Young sidelined since the second quarter with a sprained shoulder, after scoring 23 straight points in the midst of a rare, extended Alabama meltdown, will this ridiculous streak ever end?—
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Police came back the next day and found the boy's remains in the family's pigpen.—
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Newsom defended California against Republican attacks — and common mindsets throughout much of America — that the Golden State is a socialist hellhole of high taxes, unaffordable living and rampant crime.—
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Max believes that the exit out of this hellhole will be in the memory of the moment Henry trapped your mind.—
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“Sty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sty. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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