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
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
Noun
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Far less fussy than making homemade caramel apples, but with all the same flavor, this dump cake is our go-to effortless fall dessert.—
Patricia S York,
Southern Living,
16 Sep. 2025
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Fourteen months after winning a landslide election victory, Starmer’s position at the helm of the Labour Party is fragile and his poll ratings are in the dumps.—
Jill Lawless,
Twin Cities,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Other cuts start as pop songs before crashing into atonal messes and freak rock chaos.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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Vacmaster Portable Carpet Cleaner Utilizing 15 kilopascals of suction power, the cleaner shampoos carpeted and upholstered surfaces to break up tough messes.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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.—
Christina Coulter,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Regard your property as an investment in a pigsty, and visitors will treat it thus.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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New York could use help across the board, but the infield and the pitching staff are likely the two biggest holes on the roster.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Such landscapes were once common in North America — both in the west (where prairie dog colonies provided an abundance of holes) and in Florida (where the owls generally dig their own).—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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?—
Kevin Scarbinsky | Special to AL.com,
al,
2 Oct. 2022
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Police came back the next day and found the boy's remains in the family's pigpen.—
Christine Pelisek,
Peoplemag,
12 Aug. 2022
Noun
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Who wants to work to separate family members from each other or put people in a hellhole in the Everglades?—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Aug. 2025
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The place where Dante cast endless sinners, upside down in hellholes of their own carving, or in the tangled forest of suicides, or with the fratricides in the ninth circle, all of them eternally condemned.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2025
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“Sty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sty. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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