sordid

[Sor·did]

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!

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Filthy; foul; dirty.

Adjective S.
meanly avaricious and mercenary; "sordid avarice"; "sordid material interests"

Adjective S.
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"

Adjective S.
unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign"

Adjective S.
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


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Filthy; foul; dirty.

a.
Vile; base; gross; mean; as, vulgar, sordid mortals.

a.
Meanly avaricious; covetous; niggardly.


Sordid

Sor"did , a. [L. sordidus, fr. sordere to be filthy or dirty; probably akin to E. swart: cf. F. sordide. See Swart, a.] 1. Filthy; foul; dirty. [Obs.]
A sordid god; down from his hoary chin A length of beard descends, uncombed, unclean.
2. Vile; base; gross; mean; as, vulgar, sordid mortals. "To scorn the sordid world." Milton. 3. Meanly avaricious; covetous; niggardly.
He may be old, And yet sordid, who refuses gold.

Filthy; foul; dirty.

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