Associations to the word «Sordid»
Noun
- Mean
- Motive
- Wretch
- Greed
- Brutality
- Cruel
- Petty
- Surrounding
- Intrigue
- Misery
- Refinement
- Toil
- Filth
- Adventurer
- Ambition
- Compact
- Nadir
- Farce
- Realism
- Shallow
- Conceit
- Scorn
- Stupid
- Detail
- Tyranny
- Materialism
- Lust
- Hypocrisy
- Soul
- Prostitute
- Ideal
- Grub
- Forewing
- Shame
- Stain
- Blackmail
- Disgust
- Romance
- Envy
- Passion
- Lodging
- Appetite
- Gloom
- Tragedy
- Purity
- Past
Adjective
- Selfish
- Vulgar
- Pitiful
- Shabby
- Mercenary
- Commonplace
- Wretched
- Petty
- Fuscous
- Unworthy
- Sombre
- Sinister
- Degraded
- Ugly
- Greedy
- Oppressive
- Brutal
- Miserable
- Sensual
- Worthless
- Trivial
- Hideous
- Imaginative
- Dreary
- Lofty
- Supplementary
- Shameful
- Insolent
- Dusty
- Cynical
- Whitish
- Coarse
- Motive
- Calculating
- Glorious
- Destitute
- Generous
- Vicious
- Filthy
- Disgusted
- Dull
- Unnatural
- Insignificant
- Corrupted
Wiktionary
SORDID, adjective. Dirty or squalid.
SORDID, adjective. Morally degrading.
SORDID, adjective. Grasping.
Dictionary definition
SORDID, adjective. 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".
SORDID, adjective. Unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign".
SORDID, adjective. 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. Meanly avaricious and mercenary; "sordid avarice"; "sordid material interests".
Wise words
Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at
least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are
nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to
build something with them; they do not win their true
meaning until one knows how to apply them.