sordid
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɔː.dɪd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɔɹdɪd/
- Homophone: sorted (in some varieties)
Audio (US) (file)
Adjective
sordid (comparative sordider, superlative sordidest)
- Distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible.
- Dirty or squalid.
- Morally degrading.
- 1912, Willa Cather, The Bohemian Girl
- He rode slowly home along the deserted road, watching the stars come out in the clear violet sky.They flashed softly into the limpid heavens, like jewels let fall into clear water. They were a reproach, he felt, to a sordid world.
- '1994, The Lion King, Be Prepared musical number:
- I know it sounds sordid but you'll be rewarded, when at last I've been given my dues
- 1912, Willa Cather, The Bohemian Girl
- Grasping; stingy; avaricious.
- Of a dull colour.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:greedy
Derived terms
Translations
distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible
dirty or squalid
morally degrading
grasping
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