Associations to the word «Sordid»
Noun
- Jude
- Dignity
- Indifference
- Veil
- Narrow
- Pavement
- Sentinel
- Tale
- Reproach
- Wealth
- Affair
- Ignorance
- Gain
- Attendant
- Superiority
- Disposition
- Restraint
- Pity
- Poverty
- Jealousy
- Humor
- Pursuit
- Imagination
- Enough
- Sentiment
- Abode
- Penny
- Mercenary
- Necessity
- Sorrow
- Shine
- Eloquence
- Glory
- Existence
- Crime
- Beauty
- Strife
- Grinding
- Haunt
- Countryman
- Cruelty
- Affection
- Illusion
- Hatred
- Inclination
- Money
- Aim
- Folly
- Genius
- Fortune
- Habit
- Anxiety
- Dust
- Struggle
- Contempt
- Humanity
- Spectacle
- Controlling
- Life
Adjective
Adverb
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
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.