sordid

English

Etymology

Latin sordidus, from sordēre ‎(“be dirty”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔː(ɹ).dɪd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔɹɾɨd/
  • Homophone: sorted

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Adjective

sordid ‎(comparative sordider, superlative sordidest)

1. Dirty or squalid.
2. Morally degrading.
   • 1912, Willa Cather, The Bohemian Girl

     He rode slowly home along the deserted road, watching the stars come out in the clear violet sky.They flashed softly into the limpid heavens, like jewels let fall into clear water. They were a reproach, he felt, to a sordid world.

3. Grasping.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:greedy

Derived terms

• sordidity
• sordidly
• sordidness

Translations

dirty or squalid

• Catalan: sòrdid
• Dutch: smerig (nl)
• French: saleté (fr)
• German: dreckig (de), schäbig (de), schmutzig (de)

• Hungarian: piszkos (hu), szennyes (hu)
• Russian: гря́зный (ru) ‎(grjáznyj)
• Spanish: sórdido (es)

morally degrading

• Albanian: pistë (sq)
• Catalan: sòrdid
• Dutch: smerig (nl)
• French: sordide (fr)
• German: schmutzig (de), schäbig (de)

• Hungarian: hitvány (hu), közönséges (hu)
• Portuguese: sórdido (pt)
• Russian: опустившийся (ru) ‎(opustivšijsja), ни́зкий (ru) ‎(nízkij)
• Spanish: sórdido (es)

grasping

• Dutch: gierig (nl)
• French: avide (fr)
• German: geizig (de)

• Hungarian: anyagias (hu), kapzsi (hu), zsugori (hu)
• Russian: коры́стный (ru) ‎(korýstnyj), жа́дный (ru) ‎(žádnyj)
• Spanish: sórdido (es)

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Translations to be checked

• French: crapuleux (1, 2, 3)

Anagrams

• dorids, 'droids, droids