sordid
adjective
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disreputable, vile, nasty, shameful, sleazy, squalid, abject, avaricious, base, black, calculated, corrupt, covetous, debauched, degenerate, degraded, despicable, dowdy, filthy, foulExamples from the Web for sordid
Contemporary Examples of sordid
The U.K. tabloids, as is their wont, have branded her “shameless,” “sordid,” and “the scourge of society.”
The X Factor of Sex Invades Britain: Rebecca More’s ‘Sex Tour’ Enrages UK PoliticiansMarlow Stern
October 20, 2014
Their relationship was messy and sordid and full of lies and jealousy and betrayal and backstabbing.
How to Get Away With Gayness: Shonda Rhimes Kills TV’s Sex StereotypesKevin Fallon
September 25, 2014
The sordid story of a female co-founder stripped of her title because she was harassed.
But the sordid tale now runs far deeper still and has already begun jeopardizing lives in Cuba, Mexico, and Miami.
Still, there were those trying to end this sordid special relationship.
Historical Examples of sordid
Its most significant details were of a sordid kind, familiar to poverty.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
Sordid surroundings, ignorance, and overcrowding did the rest.
The Three Cities Trilogy, CompleteEmile Zola
There were also women in sordid skirts and with their loose jackets unhooked.
The Three Cities Trilogy, CompleteEmile Zola
"You shouldn't take such a sordid view of the matter," said the artist.
One Day's CourtshipRobert Barr
I had asked that sordid question only to hide the unreasoning gladness of my heart.
Henry DunbarM. E. Braddon