sor·did /ˈsɔrdəd/
(a.)骯髒的,不干淨的,卑鄙的,惡劣的,可憐的,暗淡的
Sor·did a.
1. Filthy; foul; dirty. [Obs.]
A sordid god; down from his hoary chin
A length of beard descends, uncombed, unclean. --Dryden.
2. Vile; base; gross; mean; as, vulgar, sordid mortals. “To scorn the sordid world.”
3. Meanly avaricious; covetous; niggardly.
He may be old,
And yet sordid, who refuses gold. --Sir J. Denham.
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sordid
adj 1: morally degraded; "a seedy district"; "the seamy side of
life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos";
"sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle
Weekly; "the sordid details of his orgies stank under
his very nostrils"- James Joyce; "the squalid
atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal" [syn: seamy, seedy,
sleazy, squalid]
2: unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid
political campaign" [syn: dirty]
3: foul and run-down and repulsive; "a flyblown bar on the edge
of town"; "a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest
part of town"; "squalid living conditions"; "sordid
shantytowns" [syn: flyblown, squalid]
4: meanly avaricious and mercenary; "sordid avarice"; "sordid
material interests"