sordidness
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sor·did
(sôr′dĭd)adj.
1. Morally degraded: "The sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils" (James Joyce). See Synonyms at base2.
2.
a. Dirty or filthy: sordid clothing.
b. Squalid or wretched: a sordid tenement.
[Middle English sordide, festering, purulent, from Latin sordidus, dirty, from sordēre, to be dirty.]
sor′did·ly adv.
sor′did·ness n.
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Noun | 1. | sordidness - sordid dirtiness dirtiness, uncleanness - the state of being unsanitary |
2. | ![]() unworthiness - the quality or state of lacking merit or value |
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Translations
قَذارَه، دناءَه
špinavost
usselhed
mocskosság
sóîaskapur; auîvirîileiki
alçaklıkpislik
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
sordidness
n → Ekligkeit f; (of place, room also) → Verkommenheit f; (of motive) → Schmutzigkeit f, → Niedrigkeit f, → Gemeinheit f; (of conditions, life, story) → Elend nt, → Erbärmlichkeit f; (of crime) → Gemeinheit f; (of affair) → Schmutzigkeit f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
sordid
(ˈsoːdid) adjective1. (of a place etc) dirty, mean and poor. a very sordid neighbourhood.
2. (of a person's behaviour etc) showing low standards or ideals etc; not very pleasant or admirable. The whole affair was rather sordid.
ˈsordidly adverbˈsordidness noun
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