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sordidness Definition


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sordid
adj
    1. Repulsively filthy; squalid.
      Thesaurus: slovenly, rundown, foul, dirty, sleazy, squalid, filthy.
    2. Morally revolting or degraded; ignoble.
      Example: a sordid affair
      Thesaurus: degraded, vile, wretched, low, unscrupulous, contemptible, base, mean, corrupt; Antonym: upright.
Derivative: sordidly
adverb
    Derivative: sordidness
    noun
      Etymology: 16c: from French sordide, from Latin sordidus, from sordere to be dirty.



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