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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