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sordid |
Grep of noun sordid sordidness Overview of adj sordid The adj sordid has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) seamy, seedy, sleazy, sordid, squalid -- (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") 2. dirty, sordid -- (unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign") 3. flyblown, squalid, sordid -- (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") 4. sordid -- (meanly avaricious and mercenary; "sordid avarice"; "sordid material interests") Antonyms of adj sordid 4 senses of sordid Sense 1 seamy, seedy, sleazy, sordid, squalid INDIRECT (VIA disreputable) -> reputable Sense 2 dirty, sordid INDIRECT (VIA corrupt) -> incorrupt Sense 3 flyblown, squalid, sordid INDIRECT (VIA dirty) -> clean Sense 4 sordid INDIRECT (VIA acquisitive) -> unacquisitive Similarity of adj sordid 4 senses of sordid Sense 1 seamy, seedy, sleazy, sordid, squalid => disreputable (vs. reputable) Sense 2 dirty, sordid => corrupt (vs. incorrupt) Sense 3 flyblown, squalid, sordid => dirty (vs. clean), soiled, unclean Sense 4 sordid => acquisitive (vs. unacquisitive) Attributes of adj sordid Familiarity of adj sordid sordid used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Grep of adj sordid sordid Overview of adj sordid The adj sordid has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) seamy, seedy, sleazy, sordid, squalid -- (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") 2. dirty, sordid -- (unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign") 3. flyblown, squalid, sordid -- (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") 4. sordid -- (meanly avaricious and mercenary; "sordid avarice"; "sordid material interests")
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