sordid

[ sawr-did ]

/ ˈsɔr dɪd /

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adjective

morally ignoble or base; vile: sordid methods.

meanly selfish, self-seeking, or mercenary.

dirty or filthy.

squalid; wretchedly poor and run-down: sordid housing.

Words nearby sordid

sorcerous, sorcery, sord, sordello, sordes, sordid, sordino, sore, sore point, a, sore shin, sore throat

Origin of sordid

1590–1600; < Latin sordidus, equivalent to sord(ēs) dirt + -idus -id⁴

SYNONYMS FOR sordid

1 degraded, depraved. See mean².

2 avaricious, tight, close, stingy.

3 soiled, unclean, foul.

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ANTONYMS FOR sordid

1 honorable.

2 generous.

3 clean.

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OTHER WORDS FROM sordid

sor·did·ly, adverbsor·did·ness, nounun·sor·did, adjectiveun·sor·did·ly, adverb

un·sor·did·ness, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH sordid

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Examples from the Web for 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 Politicians|Marlow Stern|October 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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 Stereotypes|Kevin Fallon|September 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The sordid story of a female co-founder stripped of her title because she was harassed.
The Daily Beast’s Best Longreads, July 6, 2014|The Daily Beast|July 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But the sordid tale now runs far deeper still and has already begun jeopardizing lives in Cuba, Mexico, and Miami.
MLB’s Next Headache: Cartels, Gangsters, and Their Cuban Superstars|Peter C. Bjarkman|April 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Still, there were those trying to end this sordid special relationship.
Britain’s KGB Sugar Daddy|Michael Weiss|March 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was not an easy business to let any glimmer of spiritual light in upon the darkness of that sordid mind.
Fenton's Quest|M. E. Braddon
Does that look as if I tried to hoax the world for sordid gain, as my enemies would like the public to believe?
My Attainment of the Pole|Frederick A. Cook
As their homes by neglect have grown shabby and squalid, so their industry has become calculating and sordid.
Change in the Village|(AKA George Bourne) George Sturt
And your babies are the most irresistible angels that ever came to bless and—enliven—a sordid world.
Eve to the Rescue|Ethel Hueston
What did it matter what other men, estimating him by their own sordid standards, said of him?
The Unspeakable Perk|Samuel Hopkins Adams

British Dictionary definitions for sordid

sordid

/ (ˈsɔːdɪd) /

adjective

dirty, foul, or squalid

degraded; vile; basea sordid affair

selfish and graspingsordid avarice

Derived forms of sordid

sordidly, adverbsordidness, noun

Word Origin for sordid

C16: from Latin sordidus, from sordēre to be dirty

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sordid

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Origin of sordid

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adjective

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