Sordid — synonyms, definition

1. sordid (a)

abject amoral avaricious base calculated cheap contemptible cowardly degraded depraved dirty dishonourable disorderly disreputable dowdy filthy foul frowzy gross ignominious • • •

2. sordid (Adjective)

flyblown seamy seedy skeevy sleazy

sordid (Adjective) — Morally degraded; unpleasant and offensive; slovenly. ex. "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"

sordid (Adjective) — Unethical or dishonest. ex. "a sordid political campaign"

sordid (Adjective) — Foul and run-down and repulsive. ex. "sordid shantytowns"

sordid (Adjective) — Meanly avaricious and mercenary. ex. "sordid avarice" ex. "sordid material interests"