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Sordid
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What's The Definition Of Sordid?
[adj] meanly avaricious and mercenary; "sordid avarice"; "sordid material interests"
[adj] 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" [adj] unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign" [adj] 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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Sordid: acquisitive | corrupt | dirty | disreputable | flyblown | seamy | seedy | sleazy | soiled | squalid | unclean Related Terms | Find terms related to Sordid: See Also | Sordid In Webster's Dictionary \Sor"did\, a. [L. sordidus, fr. sordere to be filthy or
dirty; probably akin to E. swart: cf. F. sordide. See
{Swart}, a.]
1. Filthy; foul; dirty. [Obs.]
A sordid god; down from his hoary chin A length of
beard descends, uncombed, unclean. --Dryden.
2. Vile; base; gross; mean; as, vulgar, sordid mortals. ``To
scorn the sordid world.'' --Milton.
3. Meanly avaricious; covetous; niggardly.
He may be old, And yet sordid, who refuses gold.
--Sir J.
Denham.
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