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    sordid

    sordid - Dictionary definition and meaning for word sordid

    Definition
    (adj) morally degraded
    Synonyms : seamy , seedy , sleazy , squalid
    Example Sentence
    • a seedy district
    • the seamy side of life
    • sleazy characters hanging around casinos
    • sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls
    • the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils
    • the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal
    Definition
    (adj) unethical or dishonest
    Synonyms : dirty
    Example Sentence
    • dirty police officers
    • a sordid political campaign
    Definition
    (adj) foul and run-down and repulsive
    Synonyms : flyblown , squalid
    Example Sentence
    • a flyblown bar on the edge of town
    • a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town
    • squalid living conditions
    • sordid shantytowns
    Definition
    (adj) meanly avaricious and mercenary
    Example Sentence
    • sordid avarice
    • sordid material interests
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sordid

(SORDID)SORry I DID this FILTHY, VILE thing.

sour+dEEd =sordid

I SORDID my FILTHY, VILE laundry. (sordid sounds like sorted)

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<b>sordid</b> = like 'sardi' (cold). If you catch 'sardi', your nose is sordid-dirty

split it like SOR+DID..sor..sounds like sour..WE all have heard of AVARICIOUS and dishonest FOX....who once SAID A VERY FAMOUS LINE THAT WE ALL REMEMBER.....these grapes are SOUR..when we generally know that fox are quite greedy, mean , filthy and di

"sorry i did this.... " a dishonest person replied

SORDID=SORROW giving DEED.

SO-Rud-DID = So 核突

SORry I DID this DIRTY thing.

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