sordid
adjective
morally ignoble or base; vile.
sordidness
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a word derived from
sordid.
Example Sentences
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But the exhibition, organized by Nick Irvin, resists indulging in sordidness or levying a value judgment, a pose that can feel admirably openhearted or frustratingly oblique.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2023
But you can have a good story without easy sordidness.
From Salon ● Dec. 10, 2022
Preferences continue if the sordidness is obscured by a semantic fog.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2022
The Hollywood Bowl represents L.A. in all its naked splendor, idealism, commercialism, diversity, communal aspirations toward equality, social division, tackiness and even sordidness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2022
His glance rested on Miss Bolton’s well groomed prettiness with a kind of tired relief, and the sordidness of his own surroundings became more apparent.
From The Triumph of Jill by F.E. Mills Young
