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 more sordid, superlative most sordid)

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
• French: saleté (fr)
• German: dreckig (de), schäbig (de), schmutzig (de)

• Hungarian: piszkos (hu), szennyes (hu)
• Russian: грязный (ru) (grjaznyj)
• Spanish: sórdido (es)

morally degrading

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

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

grasping

• French: avide (fr)
• German: geizig (de)

• Hungarian: anyagias, kapzsi (hu), zsugori (hu)
• Russian: корыстный (ru) (korystnyj), жадный (ru) (žadnyj)
• Spanish: sórdido (es)

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Translations to be checked

• French: crapuleux (1, 2, 3)

§Anagrams

• dorids, 'droids, droids