Sordid

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Filthy or dirty; foul.
  • adj. Depressingly squalid; wretched: sordid shantytowns.
  • adj. Morally degraded: "The sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils” ( James Joyce). See Synonyms at mean2.
  • adj. Exceedingly mercenary; grasping.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Dirty or squalid.
  • adj. Morally degrading.
  • adj. Grasping.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Filthy; foul; dirty.
  • adj. Vile; base; gross; mean.
  • adj. Meanly avaricious; covetous; niggardly.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Dirty; filthy; squalid; foul.
  • In bot, and zoology, of a dull or dirty hue; impure; muddy: noting a color when it appears as if clouded by admixture with another, or parts so colored: as, sordid blue, etc.
  • Morally foul; gross; base; vile; ignoble; selfish; miserly.
  • Low; menial; groveling.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. morally degraded
  • adj. unethical or dishonest
  • adj. foul and run-down and repulsive
  • adj. meanly avaricious and mercenary
    • Equivalent
    disreputable    corrupt    dirty    soiled    unclean    acquisitive   
    Cross Reference
    sordid dragonet   
    Form
    sordidity    sordidly    sordidness   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    filthy    foul    dirty    vile    base    gross    mean    covetous    niggardly    selfish   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    afforded    awarded    boarded    corded    recorded    rewarded   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    selfish    vulgar    cruel    petty    vile    squalid    worldly    shameful    degrade    contemptible   
     
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