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Synonyms
sor·did (sôŕdĭd)

[Middle English sordide, festering, purulent, from Latin sordidus, dirty, from sordēre, to be dirty.]

adjective 

  1. Filthy or dirty; foul.
  2. Depressingly squalid; wretched: sordid shantytowns.
  3. Morally degraded: “The sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils” (James Joyce) See synonyms at mean2
  4. Exceedingly mercenary; grasping.

derivatives

soŕdid·ly
adverb
soŕdid·ness
noun