sordid
[ sawr-did ]
/ ˈsɔr dɪd /
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.
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sordid
/ (ˈsɔːdɪd) /
adjective
dirty, foul, or squalid
degraded; vile; basea sordid affair
selfish and graspingsordid avarice
Derived forms of sordid
sordidly, adverbsordidness, nounWord Origin for sordid
C16: from Latin sordidus, from sordēre to be dirty
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