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sordid


adjective
1. morally degraded (Freq. 2)
- 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
Syn:
seamy, seedy, sleazy, squalid
Similar to:
disreputable
Derivationally related forms:
squalidness (for: squalid), sordidness, sleaziness (for: sleazy)
2. unethical or dishonest
- dirty police officers
- a sordid political campaign
Syn:
dirty
Similar to:
corrupt
Derivationally related forms:
sordidness
3. 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
Syn:
flyblown, squalid
Similar to:
dirty, soiled, unclean
Derivationally related forms:
sordidness, squalidness (for: squalid)
4. meanly avaricious and mercenary
- sordid avarice
- sordid material interests
Similar to:
acquisitive
Derivationally related forms:
sordidness

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