sordid
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sordid
- /ˈsɔː.dɪd/ UK
- /ˈsɔɹdɪd/ US
Sounds like sorted (in some varieties) · Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)dɪd
adjective sordider · sordidest
- Distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible. The more hopelessly sordid and insensible he appeared, the greater became Mrs. Shelby's dread of his succeeding in recapturing Eliza and her child, and of course the greater her motive for detaining him by every female artifice.
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Dirty or squalid.
They rented a sordid apartment together.
Similar: seedy
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Morally degrading.
He rode slowly home along the deserted road, watching the stars come out in the clear violet sky. They flashed softly into the limpid heavens, like jewels let fall into clear water. They were a reproach, he felt, to a sordid world.
Similar: seamy
- Grasping; stingy; avaricious.
- Of a dull colour. Leaves sordid-tomentulose beneath
Similar: unclean
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: sleazy, disreputable, dirty, seamy, squalid, seedy, unclean, soiled, flyblown, acquisitive, corrupt, vile, despicable, crude, heinous, nasty
adjective
Similar: unclean
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adj distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible
| 中文 | 卑鄙 bēibǐ, 下賤 /下贱 xiàjiàn |
|---|---|
| Français | sordide |
| Deutsch | widerwärtig, verachtenswert, niederträchtig |
adj dirty or squalid
| Español | sórdido |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 不潔 /不洁 bùjié, 污穢 /汙穢 /污秽 wūhuì |
| Français | saleté |
| Deutsch | dreckig, schäbig, schmutzig |
| Русский | гря́зный grjáznyj |
adj morally degrading
| Español | sórdido |
|---|---|
| Português | sórdido |
| Français | sordide |
| Deutsch | schmutzig, schäbig |
| Русский | опустившийся opustivšijsja, ни́зкий nízkij |
adj grasping
| Español | sórdido |
|---|---|
| Français | avide |
| Deutsch | geizig |
| Русский | коры́стный korýstnyj, жа́дный žádnyj |
Talk about this word "sordid." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sordid. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. sordid. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sordid "sordid." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sordid.Cite this
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title = {sordid},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sordid},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
