sordid

Adjective Satellite

• morally degraded; ; ; ; - Seattle Weekly; - James Joyce
  • "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"
• unethical or dishonest
  • "a sordid political campaign"
• foul and run-down and repulsive
  • "sordid shantytowns"
• meanly avaricious and mercenary
  • "sordid avarice"
  • "sordid material interests"

Adj

• Distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible.
• Dirty or squalid.
• Morally degrading.
• Grasping; stingy; avaricious.
• Of a dull colour.

Adjective

• Involving ignoble actions and motives; dirty or squalid.

Examples

• His opponent’s sordid attempts to bluff an invalid word were quickly shut down.

Synonyms

dirty, flyblown, seamy, seedy, sleazy, squalid, unclean

Related Words

SORDIDLY

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