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1. Morally degraded; unpleasant and offensive; slovenly
   "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils";
   - seamy, seedy, sleazy, squalid
    
2. Unethical or dishonest
   "a sordid political campaign";
   - dirty, shoddy
    
3. Foul and run-down and repulsive
   "sordid shantytowns";
   - flyblown, squalid, skeevy [US, informal]
    
4. Meanly avaricious and mercenary
   "sordid avarice"; "sordid material interests"

See also: acquisitive, corrupt, dirty, disreputable, soiled, unclean

Encyclopedia: Sordid