sordid

sor·did  (sôrdd)

adj.

1. Filthy or dirty; foul.

2. Depressingly squalid; wretched: sordid shantytowns.

3. Morally degraded: "The sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils" James Joyce. See Synonyms at mean².

4. Exceedingly mercenary; grasping.

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[Middle English sordide, festering, purulent, from Latin sordidus, dirty, from sordre, to be dirty.]

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sordid·ly adv.

sordid·ness n.

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sordid

Adjective

1. dirty, depressing, and squalid: a sordid backstreet in a slum area

2. relating to sex in a crude or unpleasant way: the sordid details of his affair

3. involving immoral and selfish behaviour: the sordid history of the slave trade [Latin sordidus]

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	sordid - morally degraded; "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" squalid, seamy, sleazy, seedy disreputable - lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance
	2.	sordid - unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign" dirty corrupt - lacking in integrity; "humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation"; "a corrupt and incompetent city government"
	3.	sordid - foul and run-down and repulsive; "a flyblown bar on the edge of town"; "a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town"; "squalid living conditions"; "sordid shantytowns" flyblown, squalid dirty, soiled, unclean - soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"
	4.	sordid - meanly avaricious and mercenary; "sordid avarice"; "sordid material interests" acquisitive - eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas; "an acquisitive mind"; "an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied"

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sordid

adjective 1. base, degraded, shameful, low, vicious, shabby, vile, degenerate, despicable, disreputable, debauched << OPPOSITE honourable

adjective 2. dirty, seedy, sleazy, squalid, mean, foul, filthy, unclean, wretched, seamy, slovenly, slummy, scungy Austral., N.Z. festy Austral. (slang) << OPPOSITE clean

Translations

sordid [ˈsɔːdɪd] adj [place etc] → sórdido; [motive etc] → mezquino

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sordid [ˈsɔːdɪd] adj → sordide

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sordid [ˈsɔːdɪd] adj (dirty) → verkommen;

(wretched) → elend

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sordid [ˈsɔːdɪd] adj → sordido/a