sordid

[US]/ˈsɔːdɪd/
[UK]/ˈsɔːrdɪd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj.dirty
base
greedy
dull-colored

Phrases & Collocations

sordid affair

sordid details

sordid behavior

Example Sentences

bestial and sordid drunkenness.

I want no part of this sordid business.

the sordid underside of the glamorous 1980s.

the story paints a sordid picture of bribes and scams.

The poor family lived in a sordid hut.

I’ve washed my hands of the whole sordid business.

the overcrowded housing conditions were sordid and degrading.

The huts they lived in were sordid and filthy beyond belief.

Journalists have exercised remarkable restraint in not reporting all the sordid details of the case.

Real-world Examples

It was terrible, and sordid, and boring.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 4

The Central Policy Review Staff don't sully their elevated minds with anything as sordid as evidence.

Source: Yes, Minister Season 1

It took a bunch of inspiration from the sordid side of naturalism.

Source: Crash Course in Drama

My past was sordid and miserable, the miserable Irish Catholic childhood.

Source: What it takes: Celebrity Interviews

During this period, the lower classes experienced sordid working and living conditions.

Source: TED-Ed (video version)

They're creating a new story separate from the sordid past of Okunoshima Island.

Source: CNN 10 Student English April 2018 Compilation

Okay, before you get some sordid image in your head...-She took my virginity.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 4

It was a sordid business, and I was not inclined to trouble myself with it further.

Source: The Moon and Sixpence (Condensed Version)

Every sordid little detail, right down to that box of perversions, you keep in the closet.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 1

She always felt uneasy driving past this dirty, sordid cluster of discarded army tents and slave cabins.

Source: Gone with the Wind

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