Definitions for sordid
ˈsɔr dɪdsor·did

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. seamy, seedy, sleazy, sordid, squalidadjective

   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"

2. dirty, sordidadjective

   unethical or dishonest

   "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign"

3. flyblown, squalid, sordidadjective

   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"

4. sordidadjective

   meanly avaricious and mercenary

   "sordid avarice"; "sordid material interests"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. sordidadjective

   Dirty or squalid.

   Etymology: sordidus, from sordere.

2. sordidadjective

   Morally degrading.

   Etymology: sordidus, from sordere.

3. sordidadjective

   Grasping.

   Etymology: sordidus, from sordere.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Sordidadjective

   filthy; foul; dirty

   Etymology: [L. sordidus, fr. sordere to be filthy or dirty; probably akin to E. swart: cf. F. sordide. See Swart, a.]

2. Sordidadjective

   vile; base; gross; mean; as, vulgar, sordid mortals

   Etymology: [L. sordidus, fr. sordere to be filthy or dirty; probably akin to E. swart: cf. F. sordide. See Swart, a.]

3. Sordidadjective

   meanly avaricious; covetous; niggardly

   Etymology: [L. sordidus, fr. sordere to be filthy or dirty; probably akin to E. swart: cf. F. sordide. See Swart, a.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Sordid

   sor′did, adj. dirty, squalid: of a dull colour: morally foul, vile: mean: meanly avaricious.—n. Sor′des, filth, foul accretions on the teeth in low forms of fever.—adv. Sor′didly.—ns. Sor′didness, state of being sordid; Sor′dor, filth, dregs. [Fr. sordide—L. sordidus—sordēre, to be dirty.]

Entomology(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Sordid

   dirty; dull.

Anagrams for sordid »

1. dorids, 'droids, droids

2. Droids

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sordid in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sordid in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of sordid in a Sentence

1. Luigi Pirandello:

   It is misery, you know, unspeakable misery for the man who lives alone and who detests sordid, casual affairs; not old enough to do without women, but not young enough to be able to go and look for one without shame!

2. Demosthenes:

   He who confers a favor should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid ungenerous spirit. To remind a man of a kindness conferred and to talk of it, is little different from reproach.

3. Demosthenes:

   He who receives a favour must retain a recollection of it for all time to come; but he who confers should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid and ungenerous spirit. To remind a man of a kindness conferred on him, and to talk of it, is little different from a reproach.

4. William Wordsworth:

   The world is too much with us late and soon,Getting and spending, we lay waste our powersLittle we see in Nature that is oursWe have given our hearts away, a sordid boon

5. William Wordsworth, The World is Too Much With Us:

   The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!

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