sordid 音标拼音: [s'ɔrdəd]
a . 肮脏的,不干净的,卑鄙的,恶劣的,可怜的,暗淡的
肮脏的,不干净的,卑鄙的,恶劣的,可怜的,暗淡的
sordid adj 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 " [
synonym : {
seamy }, {
seedy }, {
sleazy },
{
sordid }, {
squalid }]
2 :
unethical or dishonest ; "
dirty police officers "; "
a sordid political campaign " [
synonym : {
dirty }, {
sordid }]
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 " [
synonym : {
flyblown }, {
squalid }, {
sordid }]
4 :
meanly avaricious and mercenary ; "
sordid avarice "; "
sordid material interests "
Sordid \
Sor "
did \,
a . [
L .
sordidus ,
fr .
sordere to be filthy or dirty ;
probably akin to E .
swart :
cf .
F .
sordide .
See {
Swart },
a .]
1 .
Filthy ;
foul ;
dirty . [
Obs .]
[
1913 Webster ]
A sordid god ;
down from his hoary chin A length of beard descends ,
uncombed ,
unclean .
--
Dryden .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Vile ;
base ;
gross ;
mean ;
as ,
vulgar ,
sordid mortals . "
To scorn the sordid world ." --
Milton .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
Meanly avaricious ;
covetous ;
niggardly .
[
1913 Webster ]
He may be old ,
And yet sordid ,
who refuses gold . --
Sir J .
Denham .
[
1913 Webster ]
206 Moby Thesaurus words for "
sordid ":
a hog for ,
abased ,
abominable ,
acquisitive ,
all -
devouring ,
arrant ,
atrocious ,
avaricious ,
avid ,
awful ,
base ,
beastly ,
beat -
up ,
bedraggled ,
beneath contempt ,
black ,
blameworthy ,
blowsy ,
blowzy ,
bottomless ,
brutal ,
careless ,
chintzy ,
contemptible ,
corrupt ,
coveting ,
covetous ,
debased ,
defiled ,
degraded ,
deplorable ,
derogatory ,
despicable ,
deteriorated ,
detestable ,
devouring ,
dilapidated ,
dingy ,
dire ,
dirty ,
discreditable ,
disgusting ,
dishonorable ,
disreputable ,
dowdy ,
down -
and -
out ,
drabbletailed ,
draggled ,
draggletailed ,
dreadful ,
egregious ,
enormous ,
esurient ,
execrable ,
feculent ,
fetid ,
filthy ,
flagrant ,
foul ,
frowsy ,
frowzy ,
frumpish ,
frumpy ,
fulsome ,
gluttonous ,
gobbling ,
grabby ,
grasping ,
greedy ,
grievous ,
gross ,
grubby ,
grudging ,
hateful ,
heinous ,
hoggish ,
horrible ,
horrid ,
ignoble ,
ignominious ,
impoverished ,
impure ,
in rags ,
infamous ,
informal ,
inglorious ,
insanitary ,
insatiable ,
insatiate ,
lamentable ,
limitless ,
loathsome ,
loose ,
lousy ,
low ,
low -
down ,
lumpen ,
maggoty ,
mean ,
mercenary ,
messy ,
mingy ,
miserable ,
miserly ,
money -
hungry ,
money -
mad ,
monstrous ,
mucky ,
mussy ,
nasty ,
nefarious ,
negligent ,
niggard ,
niggardly ,
noisome ,
notorious ,
obnoxious ,
odious ,
offensive ,
omnivorous ,
outrageous ,
overgreedy ,
parsimonious ,
penurious ,
piggish ,
pinchpenny ,
pitiable ,
pitiful ,
poky ,
polluted ,
poor ,
poverty -
stricken ,
putrid ,
quenchless ,
ragged ,
raggedy ,
ramshackle ,
rank ,
rapacious ,
ravening ,
ravenous ,
regrettable ,
reprehensible ,
repulsive ,
rotten ,
ruinous ,
sad ,
scandalous ,
schlock ,
scraggly ,
scurvy ,
seamy ,
seedy ,
selfish ,
servile ,
shabby ,
shady ,
shameful ,
shocking ,
shoddy ,
slack ,
slakeless ,
slattern ,
slatternly ,
sleazy ,
slimy ,
slipshod ,
sloppy ,
slovenly ,
slumlike ,
slummy ,
sluttish ,
sodden ,
squalid ,
stingy ,
swinish ,
tacky ,
tattered ,
terrible ,
too bad ,
tumbledown ,
unappeasable ,
unappeased ,
unclean ,
uncleanly ,
unkempt ,
unneat ,
unpraiseworthy ,
unquenchable ,
unrespectable ,
unsanitary ,
unsated ,
unsatisfied ,
unsavory ,
unsightly ,
unslakeable ,
unslaked ,
untidy ,
venal ,
vile ,
villainous ,
voracious ,
woeful ,
worst ,
worthless ,
wretched
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SORDID Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of SORDID is marked by baseness or grossness : vile How to use sordid in a sentence Synonym Discussion of Sordid
SORDID | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary Our racing will become a very small, sordid and rather unworkable thing unless something is done to help the racecourses
Sordid - Definition, Meaning Synonyms - Vocabulary. com Sordid comes from the Latin word sordes, "dirt " Something that is filthy or run down such as a neighborhood or someone's living conditions can be called sordid, but it is usually used figuratively to mean immoral or dishonest
SORDID Definition Meaning - Dictionary. com Those fingers come with a long, skeletal middle digit equipped with a ball-and-socket joint for horrifying dexterity, like the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come beckoning Ebenezer Scrooge to gaze upon his own sordid death
SORDID Synonyms: 192 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster Some common synonyms of sordid are abject, ignoble, and mean While all these words mean "being below the normal standards of human decency and dignity," sordid is stronger than all of these in stressing physical or spiritual degradation and abjectness
Sordid - definition of sordid by The Free Dictionary sordid - 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"
sordid adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . Definition of sordid adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
sordid, adj. n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary What does the word sordid mean? There are 13 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word sordid , two of which are labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
SORDID - Definition Translations | Collins English Dictionary If you describe someone's behavior as sordid, you mean that it is immoral or dishonest
SORDID | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary It's the best of both worlds: the sordid thrill of villainy, but none of its lingering ugliness