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Meaning of 'sordid'
Meaning of 'sordid' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Sordid 
[ a.]
- Filthy; foul; dirty. [ a.]- Vile; base; gross; mean; as, vulgar, sordid mortals.
- Meanly avaricious; covetous; niggardly.
Meaning of 'sordid' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. sordid [ s]
[ s]Meaning (1):
- foul and run-down and repulsive
- foul and run-down and repulsive
Example in sentence:
- a flyblown bar on the edge of town;
- a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town;
- sordid shantytowns;
- squalid living conditions
Meaning (2):
- morally degraded
- morally degraded
Example in sentence:
- a seedy district;
- sleazy characters hanging around casinos;
- sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls;
- the seamy side of life;
- the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils;
- the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal
Meaning (3):
- unethical or dishonest
- unethical or dishonest
Example in sentence:
- a sordid political campaign;
- dirty police officers;
- shoddy business practices
Meaning (4):
- meanly avaricious and mercenary
- meanly avaricious and mercenary
Example in sentence:
- sordid avarice;
- sordid material interests
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