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Sordid Common

Sordid has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

morally degraded

"a seedy district"

"the seamy side of life"

"sleazy characters hanging around casinos"

"sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"

"the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"

"the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal"

2

unethical or dishonest

"dirty police officers"

"a sordid political campaign"

"shoddy business practices"

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"

4

meanly avaricious and mercenary

"sordid avarice"

"sordid material interests"

5

Distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible.

Example Sentences
"a seedy district" adjective
"the seamy side of life" adjective
"sleazy characters hanging around casinos" adjective
"sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls" adjective
"the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils" adjective
"the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal" adjective
"dirty police officers" adjective
"a sordid political campaign" adjective
"shoddy business practices" adjective
"a flyblown bar on the edge of town" adjective
See Also
ignoble rhyparography gamey rhyparographer sordidly sleaze factor pelter flyblown
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Rhyming Words
did idid mydid undid gadid redid madid todid outdid ixodid naidid saldid sagdid isidid turdid alydid urodid nandid apodid otidid
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