sordid
adjective
morally ignoble or base; vile.
sordidness
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a word derived from
sordid.
Example Sentences
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But on “Housewives”? This level of sordidness is not what viewers are here for.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 6, 2023
But you can have a good story without easy sordidness.
From Salon ● Dec. 10, 2022
But Robinson’s story must hew to Dawson’s, so the climax and denouement belong to the downstairs circus of the governess, Hélène, and her paramour, Dr. McDow, who stain the manse with sordidness and frivolity.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2019
Despite the judgment their relationship might attract from their peers, or from the more easily scandalized members of the audience, Garrel presents it without scorn or sordidness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2018
A vague sordidness began to creep over him like mould.
From Caybigan by James Hopper
