Sordid - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈsɔːrdɪd|
Brit.
|ˈsɔːdɪd|
adjective
- morally degraded (syn: seamy, seedy, sleazy, squalid)
the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils
- unethical or dishonest (syn: dirty, shoddy)a sordid political campaign
- foul and run-down and repulsive (syn: flyblown, squalid)sordid shantytowns
- meanly avaricious and mercenarysordid avarice
sordid material interests
sordid material interests
Extra examples
He shared the sordid details of his past.
...he managed to rise above the sordid streets upon which he grew up...
...the sordid misdoings of the city councilman were exposed as a result of an intense investigation by the local newspaper...
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