sordid

(sôr'dĭd)
adj.

1. Filthy or dirty; foul.
2. Depressingly squalid; wretched: sordid shantytowns.
3. Morally degraded: "The sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils" (James Joyce). See synonyms at mean².
4. Exceedingly mercenary; grasping.

[Middle English sordide, festering, purulent, from Latin sordidus, dirty, from sordēre, to be dirty.]

sordidly sor'did·ly adv.
sordidness sor'did·ness n.

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adjective

Having or proceeding from low moral standards: base², ignoble, low, low-down, mean², squalid, vile. See right/wrong.

adj

Definition: dirty, bad, low
Antonyms: good, honorable, reputable, respectable, wonderful

For a list of words related to sordid, see:

• Unappealing, Shabby, Messy, Poor, or Clumsy
• Troublesome, Negative, Irresponsible, or Unpleasant

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - beskidt, snavset, smudsig, smålig, grisk

Nederlands (Dutch)
gemeen, smerig

Français (French)
adj. - sordide

Deutsch (German)
adj. - schmutzig, gemein, unehrenhaft

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ρυπαρός, μιαρός, οικτρός, άθλιος, απαίσιος, μουντός, σκοτεινόχρωμος, τσιγκούνικος

Italiano (Italian)
sordido

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - sórdido (m), vil

Русский (Russian)
отвратительный, подлый, убогий, корыстный, грязноватого оттенка

Español (Spanish)
adj. - sórdido, sucio

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - smutsig, eländig, lumpen, tarvlig, oren, girig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
肮脏的, 卑鄙的, 不干净的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 肮髒的, 卑鄙的, 不乾淨的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - (환경 등이) 더러운, 지독하게 이기적인, 침침한 빛깔의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - むさ苦しい, 不潔な, みすぼらしい, くすんだ色の, けちな, 卑しい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) بخيل, خسيس, وسخ, قذر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מלוכלך, מטונף, נבזה, שפל, גס, אנוכיי, בצבע עמום‬

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