Adjective: sordid sor-did
- Unpleasantly disreputable or morally degraded
"the sordid details of his multiple affairs";
- seamy, seedy, sleazy, squalid, skanky [informal]
- Unethical or dishonest
"a sordid political campaign";
- dirty, shoddy, gimcrack
- Foul and run-down and repulsive
"sordid shantytowns";
- flyblown, squalid, skeevy [US, informal], skanky [informal], grotty [Brit, informal]
- Meanly avaricious and mercenary
"sordid avarice"; "sordid material interests"
See also: acquisitive, corrupt, dirty, disreputable, soiled, unclean
Encyclopedia: Sordid