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sordid
sor·did S0569000 (sôr′dĭd)adj.1. Morally degraded: "The sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils" (James Joyce). See Synonyms at base2.2. a. Dirty or filthy: sordid clothing.b. Squalid or wretched: a sordid tenement.
[Middle English sordide, festering, purulent, from Latin sordidus, dirty, from sordēre, to be dirty.]
sor′did·ly adv.sor′did·ness n.sordid (ˈsɔːdɪd) adj1. dirty, foul, or squalid2. degraded; vile; base: a sordid affair. 3. selfish and grasping: sordid avarice. [C16: from Latin sordidus, from sordēre to be dirty] ˈsordidly adv ˈsordidness nsor•did (ˈsɔr dɪd)
adj. 1. morally ignoble or base; vile. 2. meanly selfish or mercenary. 3. filthy; squalid. [1590–1600; < Latin sordidus=sord(ēs) dirt + -idus -id4] sor′did•ly, adv. sor′did•ness, n. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | sordid - morally degraded; "a seedy district"; "the seamy side of life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"; "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly; "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce; "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal"squalid, seamy, sleazy, seedydisreputable - lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance | | 2. | sordid - unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign"dirtycorrupt - lacking in integrity; "humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation"; "a corrupt and incompetent city government" | | 3. | sordid - foul and run-down and repulsive; "a flyblown bar on the edge of town"; "a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town"; "squalid living conditions"; "sordid shantytowns"flyblown, squaliddirty, soiled, unclean - soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves" | | 4. | sordid - meanly avaricious and mercenary; "sordid avarice"; "sordid material interests"acquisitive - eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas; "an acquisitive mind"; "an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied" |
sordidadjective1. base, degraded, shameful, low, vicious, shabby, vile, degenerate, despicable, disreputable, debauched He put his head in his hands as his sordid life was exposed.
base pure, decent, noble, upright, honourable, blameless2. dirty, seedy, sleazy, squalid, mean, foul, filthy, unclean, wretched, seamy, slovenly, skanky (slang), slummy, scungy (Austral. & N.Z.) the attic windows of their sordid little rooms
dirty clean, spotless, fresh, pure, squeaky-clean, unblemished, unsullied, undefiledsordidadjectiveHaving or proceeding from low moral standards:base, ignoble, low, low-down, mean, squalid, vile.Translationssordid (ˈsoːdid) adjective1. (of a place etc) dirty, mean and poor. a very sordid neighbourhood. 骯臟的 肮脏的2. (of a person's behaviour etc) showing low standards or ideals etc; not very pleasant or admirable. The whole affair was rather sordid. 下賤的 下贱的ˈsordidly adverb 卑鄙地，骯髒地 卑鄙地，肮脏地 ˈsordidness noun 貧困，卑鄙 贫困，卑鄙 sordid
Synonyms for sordidadj baseSynonyms- base
- degraded
- shameful
- low
- vicious
- shabby
- vile
- degenerate
- despicable
- disreputable
- debauched
Antonyms- pure
- decent
- noble
- upright
- honourable
- blameless
adj dirtySynonyms- dirty
- seedy
- sleazy
- squalid
- mean
- foul
- filthy
- unclean
- wretched
- seamy
- slovenly
- skanky
- slummy
- scungy
Antonyms- clean
- spotless
- fresh
- pure
- squeaky-clean
- unblemished
- unsullied
- undefiled
Synonyms for sordidadj having or proceeding from low moral standardsSynonyms- base
- ignoble
- low
- low-down
- mean
- squalid
- vile
Synonyms for sordidadj morally degradedSynonymsRelated Wordsadj unethical or dishonestSynonymsRelated Wordsadj foul and run-down and repulsiveSynonymsRelated Wordsadj meanly avaricious and mercenaryRelated Words |