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Definitions for Sordid

[1] morally ignoble or base; vile: sordid methods.
[2] meanly selfish, self-seeking, or mercenary.
[3] dirty or filthy.
[4] squalid; wretchedly poor and run-down: sordid housing.
[5] dirty, foul, or squalid
[6] degraded; vile; base a sordid affair
[7] selfish and grasping sordid avarice

Words related to Sordid

disreputable, vile, nasty, shameful, sleazy, squalid, abject, avaricious, base, black, calculated, corrupt, covetous, debauched, degenerate, degraded, despicable, dowdy, filthy, foul

Words nearby Sordid

sorcerous, sorcery, sord, sordello, sordes, sordid, sordino, sore, sore point, a, sore shin, sore throat

Origin of Sordid

1590–1600; < Latin sordidus, equivalent to sord(ēs ) dirt + -idus -id4

Words that may be confused with Sordid

sordid, sorted

Other words from Sordid

sor·did·ly , adverb
sor·did·ness , noun
un·sor·did , adjective
un·sor·did·ly , adverb
un·sor·did·ness , noun

Word origin for Sordid

C16: from Latin sordidus, from sordēre to be dirty

Synonyms for Sordid

disreputable, nasty, shameful, sleazy, squalid, vile, abject, avaricious, base, black, calculated, corrupt, covetous, debauched, degenerate, degraded, despicable, dowdy, filthy, foul, grasping, grubby, ignoble, impure, low-down, mean, mercenary, miserable, miserly, poor, scurvy, seedy, self-seeking, selfish, servile, shabby, slovenly, slum, slummy, small, small-minded, unclean, uncleanly, ungenerous, venal, vicious, wretched