ADJECTIVE | all | sordid, seamy, seedy, sleazy, squalid | morally degraded |
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all | sordid, dirty, shoddy | unethical or dishonest | |
all | sordid, flyblown, squalid | foul and run-down and repulsive | |
all | sordid | meanly avaricious and mercenary |
Sounds | sao'rdahd | |
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Rhymes | abbreviated ... wounded: 365 rhymes with ahd... |
Meaning | morally degraded. | |
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Example | "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce | |
Synonyms | seamy, seedy, sleazy, squalid | |
Broader | disreputable | lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance |
Spanish | sórdido | |
Nouns | sordidness | unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values |
Meaning | Unethical or dishonest. | |
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Example | "a sordid political campaign" | |
Synonyms | dirty, shoddy | |
Broader | corrupt | lacking in integrity |
Spanish | sórdido, sucio | |
Nouns | sordidness | unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values |
Meaning | foul and run-down and repulsive. | |
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Example | "sordid shantytowns" | |
Synonyms | flyblown, squalid | |
Broader | dirty, soiled, unclean | Soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime |
Spanish | miserable, sórdido | |
Catalan | miserable, sòrdid | |
Nouns | sordidness | sordid dirtiness |
Adverbs | sordidly | in a sordid or squalid way |
Meaning | meanly avaricious and mercenary. | |
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Examples |
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Broader | acquisitive | eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas |
Spanish | sórdido | |
Nouns | sordidness | unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values |
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