sordid 音标拼音: [s'ɔrdəd]
a . 肮脏的,不干净的,卑鄙的,恶劣的,可怜的,暗淡的
肮脏的,不干净的,卑鄙的,恶劣的,可怜的,暗淡的
sordid adj 1 :
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 " [
synonym : {
seamy }, {
seedy }, {
sleazy },
{
sordid }, {
squalid }]
2 :
unethical or dishonest ; "
dirty police officers "; "
a sordid political campaign " [
synonym : {
dirty }, {
sordid }]
3 :
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 " [
synonym : {
flyblown }, {
squalid }, {
sordid }]
4 :
meanly avaricious and mercenary ; "
sordid avarice "; "
sordid material interests "
Sordid \
Sor "
did \,
a . [
L .
sordidus ,
fr .
sordere to be filthy or dirty ;
probably akin to E .
swart :
cf .
F .
sordide .
See {
Swart },
a .]
1 .
Filthy ;
foul ;
dirty . [
Obs .]
[
1913 Webster ]
A sordid god ;
down from his hoary chin A length of beard descends ,
uncombed ,
unclean .
--
Dryden .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
Vile ;
base ;
gross ;
mean ;
as ,
vulgar ,
sordid mortals . "
To scorn the sordid world ." --
Milton .
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1913 Webster ]
3 .
Meanly avaricious ;
covetous ;
niggardly .
[
1913 Webster ]
He may be old ,
And yet sordid ,
who refuses gold . --
Sir J .
Denham .
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1913 Webster ]
206 Moby Thesaurus words for "
sordid ":
a hog for ,
abased ,
abominable ,
acquisitive ,
all -
devouring ,
arrant ,
atrocious ,
avaricious ,
avid ,
awful ,
base ,
beastly ,
beat -
up ,
bedraggled ,
beneath contempt ,
black ,
blameworthy ,
blowsy ,
blowzy ,
bottomless ,
brutal ,
careless ,
chintzy ,
contemptible ,
corrupt ,
coveting ,
covetous ,
debased ,
defiled ,
degraded ,
deplorable ,
derogatory ,
despicable ,
deteriorated ,
detestable ,
devouring ,
dilapidated ,
dingy ,
dire ,
dirty ,
discreditable ,
disgusting ,
dishonorable ,
disreputable ,
dowdy ,
down -
and -
out ,
drabbletailed ,
draggled ,
draggletailed ,
dreadful ,
egregious ,
enormous ,
esurient ,
execrable ,
feculent ,
fetid ,
filthy ,
flagrant ,
foul ,
frowsy ,
frowzy ,
frumpish ,
frumpy ,
fulsome ,
gluttonous ,
gobbling ,
grabby ,
grasping ,
greedy ,
grievous ,
gross ,
grubby ,
grudging ,
hateful ,
heinous ,
hoggish ,
horrible ,
horrid ,
ignoble ,
ignominious ,
impoverished ,
impure ,
in rags ,
infamous ,
informal ,
inglorious ,
insanitary ,
insatiable ,
insatiate ,
lamentable ,
limitless ,
loathsome ,
loose ,
lousy ,
low ,
low -
down ,
lumpen ,
maggoty ,
mean ,
mercenary ,
messy ,
mingy ,
miserable ,
miserly ,
money -
hungry ,
money -
mad ,
monstrous ,
mucky ,
mussy ,
nasty ,
nefarious ,
negligent ,
niggard ,
niggardly ,
noisome ,
notorious ,
obnoxious ,
odious ,
offensive ,
omnivorous ,
outrageous ,
overgreedy ,
parsimonious ,
penurious ,
piggish ,
pinchpenny ,
pitiable ,
pitiful ,
poky ,
polluted ,
poor ,
poverty -
stricken ,
putrid ,
quenchless ,
ragged ,
raggedy ,
ramshackle ,
rank ,
rapacious ,
ravening ,
ravenous ,
regrettable ,
reprehensible ,
repulsive ,
rotten ,
ruinous ,
sad ,
scandalous ,
schlock ,
scraggly ,
scurvy ,
seamy ,
seedy ,
selfish ,
servile ,
shabby ,
shady ,
shameful ,
shocking ,
shoddy ,
slack ,
slakeless ,
slattern ,
slatternly ,
sleazy ,
slimy ,
slipshod ,
sloppy ,
slovenly ,
slumlike ,
slummy ,
sluttish ,
sodden ,
squalid ,
stingy ,
swinish ,
tacky ,
tattered ,
terrible ,
too bad ,
tumbledown ,
unappeasable ,
unappeased ,
unclean ,
uncleanly ,
unkempt ,
unneat ,
unpraiseworthy ,
unquenchable ,
unrespectable ,
unsanitary ,
unsated ,
unsatisfied ,
unsavory ,
unsightly ,
unslakeable ,
unslaked ,
untidy ,
venal ,
vile ,
villainous ,
voracious ,
woeful ,
worst ,
worthless ,
wretched
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SORDID Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of SORDID is marked by baseness or grossness : vile How to use sordid in a sentence Synonym Discussion of Sordid
SORDID | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary SORDID definition: 1 dirty and unpleasant: 2 morally wrong and shocking: 3 dirty and unpleasant: Learn more
SORDID Definition Meaning - Dictionary. com Sordid definition: morally ignoble or base; vile See examples of SORDID used in a sentence
Sordid - definition of sordid by The Free Dictionary 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"
Sordid - Definition, Meaning Synonyms - Vocabulary. com Sordid comes from the Latin word sordes, "dirt " Something that is filthy or run down such as a neighborhood or someone's living conditions can be called sordid, but it is usually used figuratively to mean immoral or dishonest
sordid adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . Definition of sordid adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary not moral or honest It was a shock to discover the truth about his sordid past I didn't want to hear the sordid details of their relationship I don’t care about you and your sordid little affairs!
sordid, adj. n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary What does the word sordid mean? There are 13 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word sordid , two of which are labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
What does sordid mean? - Definitions. net Sordid is an adjective used to describe something as dirty, filthy or morally degraded It can refer to actions, places, situations, or behaviors that are marked by contemptible deeds, corruption, or dishonesty Moreover, it can also denote something that is squalid and run-down
sordid - Wiktionary, the free dictionary sordid (comparative sordider, superlative sordidest) Distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible
SORDID - Definition Translations | Collins English Dictionary If you describe someone's behavior as sordid, you mean that it is immoral or dishonest