sordid meaning and definition

SORDID adjective

Definition of sordid (adjective)

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"
   • synonyms: seamy, seedy, sleazy, squalid
2. unethical or dishonest
   • "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign"
   • synonyms: dirty
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"
   • synonyms: flyblown, squalid
4. meanly avaricious and mercenary
   • "sordid avarice"; "sordid material interests"