Sordid

Word SORDID
Character 6
Hyphenation sor did
Pronunciations /ˈsɔː.dɪd/

Definitions and meanings of "Sordid"

What do we mean by sordid?

Morally degraded: synonym: base. adjective

Dirty or filthy. adjective

Squalid or wretched. adjective

Dirty; filthy; squalid; foul.

In bot, and zoology, of a dull or dirty hue; impure; muddy: noting a color when it appears as if clouded by admixture with another, or parts so colored: as, sordid blue, etc.

Morally foul; gross; base; vile; ignoble; selfish; miserly.

Low; menial; groveling.

Filthy; foul; dirty. adjective

Vile; base; gross; mean. adjective

Meanly avaricious; covetous; niggardly. adjective

Dirty or squalid. adjective

Morally degrading. adjective

Grasping. adjective

Morally degraded adjective

Unethical or dishonest adjective

Foul and run-down and repulsive adjective

Meanly avaricious and mercenary adjective

Distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible.

Dirty or squalid.

Morally degrading.

Grasping; stingy; avaricious.

Of a dull colour.

Dirty, Filthy Urban Dictionary

The diseases infecting young people 19 and under that have nothing to do with COVID-19. Urban Dictionary

The excessive amount of internet porn men have been watching due to the lockdown of COVID-19. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Sordid

The word "sordid" in example sentences

As a result of the grand jury's report on what it called "sordid, shocking acts," Monsignor William Lynn, former secretary of the clergy in the Archdiocese, faces charges of child endangerment. ❋ Unknown (2011)

DALLAS - Texas prosecutors on Thursday abruptly ended a three-year criminal probe into what they called a sordid small-town swinger's club where children as young as 5 were forced into performing sex. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The majority of the world's people live in sordid conditions, deprived of basic necessities. ❋ Unknown (1973)

Three years passed in sordid struggle and disappointment. ❋ Unknown (1912)

It’s all very fine in its way, but somehow it’s what I call sordid and the port is terrible. ❋ Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966. N 50021032-1 (1968)

Around this time, notice, he didn't give specific dates as he's, you know, recalling his sordid history he didn't give specific dates. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Russian literature, faced with the realities of modern life, a spirit titanic and in clash with its material, and produced in the mastery of this every-day material, commonly called sordid, a phantasmagoria intense with beauty. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The nomad and romantic in him, troubled and restless with Ukrainian myth, legend, and song, impressed upon Russian literature, faced with the realities of modern life, a spirit titanic and in clash with its material, and produced in the mastery of this every-day material, commonly called sordid, a phantasmagoria intense with beauty. ❋ Unknown (1952)

If you can recall the sordid scenario and silly media circus which surrounded the tawdry ❋ Unknown (2010)

• Après-ski that could be described as sordid and tacky ❋ Unknown (2010)

If any band's past can be called sordid, perhaps it's the Happy Clams '.

Washburn called the sordid details about David Jansen's escapades with women he met at a strip club "revealing." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Movement had begun; Mrs. Plaistow, carrying her wicker basket, came round the corner by the church, in the direction of Miss Mapp's window, and as there was a temporary coolness between them (following violent heat) with regard to some worsted of brilliant rose-madder hue, which a forgetful draper had sold to Mrs. Plaistow, having definitely promised it to Miss Mapp ... but Miss Mapp's large-mindedness scorned to recall the sordid details of this paltry appropriation. ❋ Unknown (1903)

Might not have one, but let the whole state know what kind of sordid mess the Republican party in Georgia is. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Still, all packaged together, for me the whole thing felt kind of sordid and rotting. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has emphasized resolving the cases and closing what he calls a "sordid" chapter in the agency's history. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The article details this kind of sordid money trail with the current BCS system of bowl games. ❋ Unknown (2010)

[What a] morally sordid [young man] ❋ Larstait (2003)

SORDID-19 is much more [infectious] and contagious among the [young and stupid] than [COVID-19]. ❋ Arnie Grape (2021)

[I didn't] think I had [a problem] with [internet porn] until SORDID-19. ❋ Arnie Grape (2021)

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