sordid
adjective
morally ignoble or base; vile.
sordidness
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a word derived from
sordid.
Example Sentences
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Fennell continues to have a gift for exposing the sordidness of money and power.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026
Despite the pungent combination of brevity and sordidness, the actors acquit themselves by finding candid portrayals of the condemned classmates.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
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
Before the base and foul their sordidness was brought to light.
From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Clark S. Beardslee
