sordid
/ˈsɔɹdɪd/ adjective C2- Distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible. · The politician was involved in a sordid money laundering scheme.
- Dirty or squalid. · They rented a sordid apartment together.
- Morally degrading.
- Grasping; stingy; avaricious.
- Of a dull colour.
Comparative sordider · Superlative sordidest
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I thought he was joking, for the view was sordid enough, but he soon explained himself.
Mac, would be a drab and sordid one if we did not sometimes set the scene so as to glorify our results.
The narrow passage led us into a quadrangle paved with flags and lined by sordid dwellings.
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