What does cesspool mean?
Cesspool means An underground pit where sewage is held..
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/ˈsɛsˌpuːl/ · noun
An underground pit where sewage is held..
Under such circumstances, I naturally gravitated to London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained.
Use cesspool when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cesspool means An underground pit where sewage is held..
Common synonyms include cesspit, gongpit, sink, sump.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Under such circumstances, I naturally gravitated to London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained.
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