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Sordid

  1. adjective

    morally degraded; ; ; ; - Seattle Weekly; - James Joyce

    “a seedy district”

    Similar: seamy, seedy, sleazy, squalid

  2. adjective

    foul and run-down and repulsive

    “a flyblown bar on the edge of town”

    Similar: flyblown, squalid

  3. adjective

    meanly avaricious and mercenary

    “sordid avarice”

  4. adjective

    unethical or dishonest

    “dirty police officers”

    Similar: dirty

Word family

sordidness · sordidly

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