sordid
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English sordide, from Latin sordidus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɔː.dɪd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɔɹdɪd/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dɪd
- Homophone: sorted (in some varieties)
Adjective edit
sordid (comparative sordider, superlative sordidest)
- Distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible.
- Dirty or squalid.
- 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.
- 1994, The Lion King, Be Prepared musical number:
- I know it sounds sordid but you'll be rewarded, when at last I've been given my dues.
- 2006, John C. Roberts, concurrence and dissent in part in League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry, 548 U.S. 399 (2006)
- It is a sordid business, this divvying us up by race.
- Grasping; stingy; avaricious.
- Of a dull colour.
Synonyms edit
- See also Thesaurus:greedy, Thesaurus:unclean
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible
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dirty or squalid
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morally degrading
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grasping
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Anagrams edit
Estonian edit
Noun edit
sordid
- nominative plural of sort
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French sordide, from Latin sordidus.
Adjective edit
sordid m or n (feminine singular sordidă, masculine plural sordizi, feminine and neuter plural sordide)
Declension edit
Declension of sordid
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | sordid | sordidă | sordizi | sordide | ||
definite | sordidul | sordida | sordizii | sordidele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | sordid | sordide | sordizi | sordide | ||
definite | sordidului | sordidei | sordizilor | sordidelor |