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 .
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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
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SORDID definition in American English | Collins English . . . If you describe someone's behavior as sordid, you mean that it is immoral or dishonest
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