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   Sor·did

   /ˈsôrdəd/

   

   adjective

   • 1. involving ignoble actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt: "the story paints a sordid picture of bribes and scams" Similar sleazyseedyseamyunsavoryshoddyvilefoultawdrylouchecheapbaselowlow-mindeddebaseddegeneratecorruptdishonestdishonorabledisreputabledespicablediscreditablecontemptibleignominiousignobleshamefulwretchedabhorrentabominabledisgustinginformal:sleazoidOpposite high-mindedrespectable
   • ▪ dirty or squalid: "the overcrowded housing conditions were sordid and degrading" Similar dirtyfilthymuckygrimymuddygrubbyshabbymessysoiledstainedsmearedsmearyscummyslimystickysootydustyuncleanfoulsqualidflea-bittenslummyinformal:cruddygrungyyuckyickycrummyscuzzymankygungygrottyboggingscungyliterary:besmirchedOpposite immaculate

   Word Origin late Middle English (as a medical term in the sense ‘purulent’): from French sordide or Latin sordidus, from sordere ‘be dirty’. The current senses date from the early 17th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. sordidly adverb
   • 2. sordidness noun

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   The meaning of SORDID is marked by baseness or grossness : vile. How to use sordid in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Sordid.

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   morally wrong and shocking: He told me he'd had an affair but he spared me the sordid details. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. (Definition of sordid from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) sordid | American Dictionary. adjective. us / ˈsɔrd·əd / sordid adjective (MORALLY BAD)

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   Sordid definition: morally ignoble or base; vile. See examples of SORDID used in a sentence.

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   adjective. us / ˈsɔːr.dɪd / uk / ˈsɔː.dɪd / sordid adjective (DIRTY) Add to word list. dirty and unpleasant: There are lots of really sordid apartments in the city's poorer areas. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Dirty & untidy. all over the place idiom. Augean. besmeared. bespattered. bloodied.

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   Something that is filthy or run down such as a neighborhood or someone's living conditions can be called sordid, but it is usually used figuratively to mean immoral or dishonest. If you want to hear the sordid details of someone's actions, it's because they were extremely dishonest or immoral and also because they were supposed to be kept a secret.

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   If you describe someone's behaviour as sordid, you mean that it is immoral or dishonest.

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   Define sordid. sordid synonyms, sordid pronunciation, sordid translation, English dictionary definition of sordid. adj. 1. Morally degraded: "The sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils" . See Synonyms at base2. 2. a. Dirty or filthy: sordid clothing....

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   Definition of sordid adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. sordid. adjective. /ˈsɔːdɪd/ /ˈsɔːrdɪd/ not moral or honest. It was a shock to discover the truth about his sordid past. I didn't want to hear the sordid details of their relationship. I don’t care about you and your sordid little affairs! Topics Personal qualities c2.

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    Sordid Sentence Examples. For the first time in their history, they stood a real chance of turning a sordid love story into a pure one. Obviously they thought there was something sordid to hide. It was too ugly, too sordid, too fearful to be heroic.

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