| a. | 1. | Filthy; foul; dirty. |
| 2. | Vile; base; gross; mean; | |
| 3. | Meanly avaricious; covetous; niggardly. |
| Adj. | 1. | sordid - morally degraded; "a seedy district"; "the seamy side of life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"; "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly; "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce; "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal" |
| 2. | sordid - unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign" Synonyms: dirty | |
| 3. | sordid - foul and run-down and repulsive; "a flyblown bar on the edge of town"; "a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town"; "squalid living conditions"; "sordid shantytowns" | |
| 4. | sordid - meanly avaricious and mercenary; "sordid avarice"; "sordid material interests" |
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