sordid

[ sawr-did ]
/ ˈsɔr dɪd /

adjective

morally ignoble or base; vile: sordid methods.
meanly selfish, self-seeking, or mercenary.
dirty or filthy.
squalid; wretchedly poor and run-down: sordid housing.

Origin of sordid

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

SYNONYMS FOR sordid

1 degraded, depraved. See mean2.
2 avaricious, tight, close, stingy.
3 soiled, unclean, foul.

ANTONYMS FOR sordid

1 honorable.
2 generous.
3 clean.

OTHER WORDS FROM sordid

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH sordid

sordid sorted

Words nearby sordid

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

Example sentences from the Web for sordidly

British Dictionary definitions for sordidly

sordid
/ (ˈsɔːdɪd) /

adjective

dirty, foul, or squalid
degraded; vile; base a sordid affair
selfish and grasping sordid avarice

Derived forms of sordid

sordidly, adverb sordidness, noun

Word Origin for sordid

C16: from Latin sordidus, from sordēre to be dirty