Sordid Definition

sôrdĭd
adjective
Morally degraded.
American Heritage
Dirty; filthy.
Webster's New World
Squalid; depressingly wretched.
Webster's New World
Base; ignoble; mean.
Webster's New World
Mercenary, avaricious, grasping, or meanly selfish.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Sordid

  • Middle English sordide festering, purulent from Latin sordidus dirty from sordēre to be dirty

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin sordidus, from sordÄ“re (“be dirty").

    From Wiktionary

Sordid Sentence Examples

  • For the first time in their history, they stood a real chance of turning a sordid love story into a pure one.

  • Obviously they thought there was something sordid to hide.

  • It was too ugly, too sordid, too fearful to be heroic.

  • His vices were rather of the sordid than of the satanic order.

  • It was not a reaction the Deans expected when Effie read the sordid confirmation her great aunt was a prostitute and carrying on an adulterous affair.

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