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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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   How do you describe a person's actions as sordid?

   • Describe a person's actions as sordid if they are so immoral or unethical that they seem dirty. Think of the worst parts of a bad soap opera! Sordid comes from the Latin word sordes, "dirt."

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   What is the difference between sordid and abject?

   • abject may imply degradation, debasement, or servility. sordid is stronger than all of these in stressing physical or spiritual degradation and abjectness. And Vermes's story is also in part an international thriller, especially with the high-level goings-on around the Scrolls.

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   What does sordid mean?

   • sujo, sórdido… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! SORDID definition: 1. dirty and unpleasant: 2. morally wrong and shocking: 3. dirty and unpleasant: .

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   What is a synonym for sordid?

   • 1. Morally degraded: "The sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils" (James Joyce). See Synonyms at base 2. 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·ness n.

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   Sordid means marked by baseness or grossness, vile, dirty, filthy, or meanly avaricious. See synonyms, examples, word history, and etymology of sordid.

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   Sordid means dirty and unpleasant, or morally wrong and shocking. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts, see examples from the Hansard archive, and find translations in other languages.

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   adjective. morally ignoble or base; vile: sordid methods. Synonyms: depraved, degraded. Antonyms: honorable. meanly selfish, self-seeking, or mercenary. Synonyms: stingy, close, tight, avaricious. Antonyms: generous. dirty or filthy. Synonyms: foul, unclean. Antonyms: clean. squalid; wretchedly poor and run-down: sordid housing. / ˈsɔːdɪd /

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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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   Sordid means not moral or honest, or very dirty and unpleasant. See examples, synonyms, word origin and pronunciation of sordid.