sordid Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective satellite morally degraded
seedy; seamy; squalid; sleazy.
- a seedy district
- the seamy side of life
- sleazy characters hanging around casinos
- sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly
- the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce
- the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal
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adjective satellite unethical or dishonest
dirty.
- dirty police officers
- a sordid political campaign
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adjective satellite foul and run-down and repulsive
squalid; flyblown.
- a flyblown bar on the edge of town
- a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town
- squalid living conditions
- sordid shantytowns
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adjective satellite meanly avaricious and mercenary
- sordid avarice
- sordid material interests
WordNet
Sor"did adjective
Etymology
L.Definitions
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Filthy; foul; dirty. Obs.A sordid god; down from his hoary chin A length of beard descends, uncombed, unclean. Dryden.
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Vile; base; gross; mean; "To scorn the sordid world." Milton.as, vulgar, .sordid mortals -
Meanly avaricious; covetous; niggardly. He may be old, And yet sordid, who refuses gold. Sir J. Denham.