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

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sordid

adj sordid [ˈsoːdid]

1 (of a place etc) dirty, mean and poor a very sordid neighbourhood. vuil, smerig قَذِر мизерен špinavý ussel schmutzig άθλιος, φτωχός, εξαθλιωμένος sórdido räpane كثيف و زشت kurja sordide עָלוּב गंदा prljav, nečist piszkos kumuh óhreinn, niðurníddur sordido きたない 더러운, 불결한 apšepęs, varganas, skurdus, nešvarus nožēlojams; netīrs kotor vuil snusket, skitten obskurny, nędzny sórdido sordid убогий špinavý umazan prljav smutsig, eländig สกปรก pis, kirli 骯臟的 брудний; злиденний گندہ ، مکروہ bẩn thỉu, nhớp nhúa 肮脏的

2 (of a person's behaviour etc) showing low standards or ideals etc; not very pleasant or admirable The whole affair was rather sordid. smerig خَسيس، دنيء гнусен nečestný; nechutný beskidt schmutzig ελεεινός sórdido alatu نا شايست halpamainen sordide שַׁפֵל अधम, नीच podao, nizak aljas buruk ósiðlegur, óþverralegur sordido あさましい 치사한 nemalonus, prastas, bjaurus nožēlojams; zemisks menjijikkan vuil skitten, simpel wstrętny sórdido murdar гнусный nečestný beden nepošten simpel, tarvlig เลวทราม aşağılık, rezil 下賤的 підлий مذموم، شرمناک bần tiện 下贱的

adv sordidly

smerig بِخِسَّه، بِدَناءَه мръсно špinavě beskidt schmutzig ελεεινά sórdidamente räpaselt, alatult halpamaisesti sordidement בְּלִכלוּך नीचतापूर्वक, मैलेपन के साथ prljavo, podlo piszkosan secara kumuh sóðalega; ósiðlega sordidamente きたなく 더럽게, 치사하게 bjauriai nožēlojami; zemiski dengan cara yang menjijikkan vuil snusket; lavsinnet obskurnie, wstrętnie sordidamente murdar убого; гнусно špinavo umazano prljavo eländigt, tarvligt อย่างโกโรโกโส; อย่างต่ำทราม alçakça 卑鄙地，骯臟地 убого رذالت سے bẩn thỉu, bần tiện 卑鄙地，肮脏地

n sordidness

smerigheid قَذارَه، دناءَه мизерия špinavost usselhed die Schmutzigkeit αθλιότητα carácter sórdido räpasus, alatus halpamaisuus caractère sordide לִכלוּך नीचता, अधमता prljavština, podlost mocskosság, aljasság kekumuhan sóðaskapur; auðvirðileiki sordidezza きたなさ 더러움, 치사함 bjaurumas zemiskums; netīrība menjijikkan vuilheid snusk(ethet) obskurny wygląd, podłość sordidez caracter sordid убогость; гнусность špinavosť umazanost prljavost eländighet, tarvlighet ความสกปรก; ความโกโรโกโส; ความต่ำทราม alçaklık, pislik 貧困，卑鄙 убогість رذالت sự bẩn thỉu, tính bần tiện 贫困，卑鄙