sordid

Adjective

  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”
    • Synonyms
      • seamy
      • seedy
      • sleazy
      • squalid
    • Similar to
      • disreputable
    • Related
      • sordidness
      • squalor
      • squalidness
      • baseness
      • sordidness
      • contemptibility
      • despicableness
      • despicability
      • sleaziness
  2. unethical or dishonest; “dirty police officers”; “a sordid political campaign”; “shoddy business practices”
    • Synonyms
      • dirty
      • shoddy
    • Similar to
      • corrupt
    • Related
      • baseness
      • sordidness
      • contemptibility
      • despicableness
      • despicability
  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”
    • Synonyms
      • flyblown
      • squalid
    • Similar to
      • dirty
      • soiled
      • unclean
    • Related
      • sordidness
      • squalor
      • squalidness
      • sordidness
      • squalor
      • squalidness
  4. meanly avaricious and mercenary; “sordid avarice”; “sordid material interests”
    • Similar to
      • acquisitive
    • Related
      • baseness
      • sordidness
      • contemptibility
      • despicableness
      • despicability