Sordid
adjective
Very dirty and unpleasant.
He lived in a sordid apartment with broken furniture and stained carpets.
Often appears as...
- sordid conditions
- sordid apartment
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Disapproving
adjective
Involving immoral or dishonest behavior.
He was involved in a sordid tale of bribery and corruption.
Often appears as...
- sordid tale
- sordid business
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Disapproving
adjective
Showing or arousing strong unpleasant emotion or contempt.
The sordid details of his transgressions shocked everyone.
Often appears as...
- sordid details
- sordid history
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Disapproving
adjective
Very dirty and unpleasant.
He lived in a sordid apartment with broken furniture and stained carpets.
Often appears as...
- sordid conditions
- sordid apartment
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Involving immoral or dishonest behavior.
He was involved in a sordid tale of bribery and corruption.
Often appears as...
- sordid tale
- sordid business
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Showing or arousing strong unpleasant emotion or contempt.
The sordid details of his transgressions shocked everyone.
Often appears as...
- sordid details
- sordid history
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Use 'sordid' to evoke strong visual images of neglect or poor conditions.
Photographs revealed the sordid state of the abandoned school.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Discomfort
'Sordid' often suggests environments that can make one physically uncomfortable.
They had to endure the sordid heat of the cramped room.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Atmosphere
It implies a general atmosphere that is unpleasant and repulsive.
The movie depicted the sordid underbelly of the city's nightlife.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Use 'sordid' to evoke strong visual images of neglect or poor conditions.
Photographs revealed the sordid state of the abandoned school.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Discomfort
'Sordid' often suggests environments that can make one physically uncomfortable.
They had to endure the sordid heat of the cramped room.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Atmosphere
It implies a general atmosphere that is unpleasant and repulsive.
The movie depicted the sordid underbelly of the city's nightlife.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Use 'sordid' to evoke strong visual images of neglect or poor conditions.
Photographs revealed the sordid state of the abandoned school.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Discomfort
'Sordid' often suggests environments that can make one physically uncomfortable.
They had to endure the sordid heat of the cramped room.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Atmosphere
It implies a general atmosphere that is unpleasant and repulsive.
The movie depicted the sordid underbelly of the city's nightlife.
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Why should you read...
Dickens set these colorful characters against intricate social backdrops, which mimic the society he lived in. For instance, he often considered the changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution. During this period, the lower classes experienced sordid working and living conditions.
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Rethinking infidelity...
to surround oneself with love and with friends and activities that give back joy and meaning and identity. But even more important, is to curb the curiosity to mine for the sordid details --
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Why should you read...
Dickens set these colorful characters against intricate social backdrops, which mimic the society he lived in. For instance, he often considered the changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution. During this period, the lower classes experienced sordid working and living conditions.
Video examples
Rethinking infidelity...
to surround oneself with love and with friends and activities that give back joy and meaning and identity. But even more important, is to curb the curiosity to mine for the sordid details --
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Mae Whitman
American Actress
I had a friend where it turned out that she hated my guts, all through our friendship. I thought she was my best friend, and then, in high school, she turned on me and had sordid affairs with all of the people that I'd dated. It was less hurtful because I was in high school, so it was more like, 'What's wrong with you? Gross!
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Luigi Pirandello
Italian Playwright
It is misery, you know, unspeakable misery for the man who lives alone and who detests sordid, casual affairs; not old enough to do without women, but not young enough to be able to go and look for one without shame!
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Steven Wilson
English Musician
It's one thing to fail with something you utterly believe in, but to fail with something you don't believe in? You just feel so sordid.
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Shawn Amos
American Musician
Despite the sometimes sordid turns his life took, Michael Jackson always held my fascination, like he did for most of us.
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Niger Innis
American Activist
Understanding the long, sordid history of gun control in America is key to understanding the dangers of disarming.
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Tituss Burgess
American Actor
I feel like I've always had a sordid sense of humor, and it's only gotten more twisted as I've gotten older.
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John Calvin
French Theologian
There is no work, however vile or sordid, that does not glisten before God.
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Paul Morrissey
American Director
Very few people took sordid things and made comedies out of them.
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Darrell Issa
American Politician
My brother went on to have a long and sordid career.
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Dar Williams
American Musician
I have a sordid past.
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Mae Whitman
American Actress
I had a friend where it turned out that she hated my guts, all through our friendship. I thought she was my best friend, and then, in high school, she turned on me and had sordid affairs with all of the people that I'd dated. It was less hurtful because I was in high school, so it was more like, 'What's wrong with you? Gross!
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Luigi Pirandello
Italian Playwright
It is misery, you know, unspeakable misery for the man who lives alone and who detests sordid, casual affairs; not old enough to do without women, but not young enough to be able to go and look for one without shame!
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Steven Wilson
English Musician
It's one thing to fail with something you utterly believe in, but to fail with something you don't believe in? You just feel so sordid.
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Shawn Amos
American Musician
Despite the sometimes sordid turns his life took, Michael Jackson always held my fascination, like he did for most of us.
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Niger Innis
American Activist
Understanding the long, sordid history of gun control in America is key to understanding the dangers of disarming.
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Tituss Burgess
American Actor
I feel like I've always had a sordid sense of humor, and it's only gotten more twisted as I've gotten older.
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John Calvin
French Theologian
There is no work, however vile or sordid, that does not glisten before God.
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Paul Morrissey
American Director
Very few people took sordid things and made comedies out of them.
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Darrell Issa
American Politician
My brother went on to have a long and sordid career.
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Dar Williams
American Musician
I have a sordid past.
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