Sordid - English meaning

noun

The lowest part or edge of something, especially the part on which it rests or is supported.

Usage examples:

She sat down at the base of a tree

verb

Use (something specified) as the foundation or starting point for something.

Usage examples:

The film is based on a novel by pat conroy

adjective

Without moral principles; ignoble.

Usage examples:

The electorate's baser instincts of greed and selfishness

adjective

Low in price, especially in relation to similar items or services.

Usage examples:

Local buses were reliable and cheap

adverb

At or for a low price.

Usage examples:

A house that was going cheap because of the war

adjective

Costing little money or less than is usual or expected

Usage examples:

After world war ii, the us had cheap labor, cheap energy, cheap raw materials, cheap housing, cheap…

adjective

Deserving contempt; despicable.

Usage examples:

A display of contemptible cowardice

adjective

Deserving blame

Usage examples:

His behavior was contemptible.

adjective

Having or showing a willingness to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.

Usage examples:

Unscrupulous logging companies assisted by corrupt officials

verb

Cause to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.

Usage examples:

There is a continuing fear of firms corrupting politicians in the search for contracts

adjective

Dishonest and willing to use your position or power to your own advantage, esp. for money

Usage examples:

It’s been called the most politically corrupt city in the nation., your philosophy is corrupt., pol…

adjective

Of bad quality; worthless or offensive

Usage examples:

A cruddy book that's not worth reading

adjective

Dirty, unpleasant, or of poor quality.

Usage examples:

A crummy little room

noun

A truck used to transport loggers to and from work.

Usage examples:

The inside of cabooses reflected the conductor's personal habits and the degree of cleanliness vari…

adjective

Of very bad quality

Usage examples:

Crummy weather, a crummy job, a crummy movie

adjective

Reduced in quality or value.

Usage examples:

The debased traditions of sportsmanship

verb

Reduce (something) in quality or value; degrade.

Usage examples:

The love episodes debase the dignity of the drama

adjective

Worse than before, especially morally; less valuable or deserving less respect than before

Usage examples:

He believes that acts of torture reveal how debased we are., our world view has become debased. we …

adjective

Having lost the physical, mental, or moral qualities considered normal and desirable; showing evidence of decline.

Usage examples:

A degenerate form of a higher civilization

noun

An immoral or corrupt person.

Usage examples:

Get out of my house, you degenerate!

verb

Decline or deteriorate physically, mentally, or morally.

Usage examples:

The quality of life had degenerated

adjective

Deserving hatred and contempt.

Usage examples:

A despicable crime

adjective

Morally reprehensible

adjective

Deserving to be hated or strongly criticized

Usage examples:

It was a despicable effort to blackmail voters.

adjective

Covered or marked with an unclean substance.

Usage examples:

A tray of dirty cups and saucers

adverb

Used for emphasis.

Usage examples:

A dirty great slab of stone

verb

Make dirty.

Usage examples:

She didn't like him dirtying her nice clean towels

adjective

Tending to bring harm to a reputation.

Usage examples:

Allegations of discreditable conduct

adjective

Causing or likely to cause a loss of respect for a person, group, or idea

Usage examples:

Their tactics were highly discreditable., defence lawyers may try to bring up discreditable inciden…

adjective

Behaving or prone to behave in an untrustworthy, deceitful, or insincere way.

Usage examples:

He was a dishonest hypocrite prepared to exploit his family

adjective

Not honest

Usage examples:

He’s been dishonest with us, and i’ll never trust him again.

adjective

Bringing shame or disgrace on someone or something.

Usage examples:

His crimes are petty and dishonourable

adjective

A dishonourable action causes embarrassment and a loss of people's respect

Usage examples:

This was a dishonourable attempt to avoid responsibility., they regard killing an unarmed man as di…

adjective

Not considered to be respectable in character or appearance.

Usage examples:

He was heavy, grubby, and vaguely disreputable

adjective

Covered with, full of, or resembling dust.

Usage examples:

Dusty old records

adjective

Covered in dust

Usage examples:

Piles of dusty books lay on the floor., we drove along the dusty road., dusty pink

adjective

Disgustingly dirty.

Usage examples:

A filthy hospital with no sanitation

adverb

To an extreme extent.

Usage examples:

He has become filthy rich

adjective

Extremely dirty

Usage examples:

Trucks poured out clouds of filthy, black smoke., there were beggars in the streets and filth every…

adjective

Offensive to the senses, especially through having a disgusting smell or taste or being dirty.

Usage examples:

A foul odour

noun

(in sport) an unfair or invalid stroke or piece of play, especially one involving interference with an opponent.

Usage examples:

The midfielder was booked for a foul on ford

adverb

Contrary to the rules; unfairly.

Usage examples:

That's the real problem: even guys who want to play fair are under pressure from cheaters to play f…

adjective

Covered with or characterized by grime.

Usage examples:

The grimy industrial city

adjective

Dirty

Usage examples:

The child's face was grimy and streaked with tears.

adjective

Covered with dirt; grimy.

Usage examples:

The grubby face of a young boy

adjective

Dirty or messy

Usage examples:

Grubby old clothes

adjective

Grimy; dirty.

Usage examples:

A dark and grungy basement

adjective

(of a person) feeling dirty and that you need to wash, or (of a thing) dirty

Usage examples:

After a 15-hour flight, i felt really grungy.

adjective

Unpleasantly sticky.

Usage examples:

After a bunch of hot, humid, icky sticky days, it was pure bliss.

adjective

Unpleasant or disgusting

Usage examples:

Rory thinks peas are icky.

adjective

Disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way.

Usage examples:

The louche world of the theatre

adjective

Not completely moral or honest, often in an attractive way

Usage examples:

A louche young man approached her on the dance floor.

adjective

Of less than average height from top to bottom or to the top from the ground.

Usage examples:

The school is a long, low building

noun

A low point, level, or figure.

Usage examples:

His popularity ratings are at an all-time low

adverb

In or into a low position or state.

Usage examples:

She pressed on, bent low to protect her face

adjective

Having very low moral standards of behaviour

Usage examples:

He cannot tolerate low-minded ignorance and stupidity., it is their low-minded focus on cost that h…

adjective

Untidy or dirty.

Usage examples:

His messy hair

adjective

Dirty, unpleasant, or lacking order

Usage examples:

I hate a messy kitchen., he’s got a messy personal life.

adjective

Covered with dirt or filth.

Usage examples:

He took off his mucky boots

adjective

Dirty

Usage examples:

Get your mucky feet off that chair!, don't walk all over my clean floor in your mucky boots., a muc…

adjective

Covered in or full of mud.

Usage examples:

They changed their muddy boots

verb

Cover or fill (something) with mud.

Usage examples:

The linoleum flooring was muddied

adjective

Covered by or containing mud (= wet, sticky earth)

Usage examples:

Don't bring those muddy boots inside!, muddy water, the room has been painted in muddy browns and g…

adjective

Scummy water or another liquid is covered with a layer of an unpleasant substance

Usage examples:

A scummy pool, a scummy part of town, a scummy way to treat someone

adjective

Dirty and unpleasant.

Usage examples:

A scuzzy flat

adjective

Unpleasant and dirty

Usage examples:

A scuzzy little restaurant, a scuzzy guy on the bus tried to talk to me.

adjective

Sordid and disreputable.

Usage examples:

A seamy sex scandal

adjective

Unpleasant and sometimes illegal, immoral, or violent

Usage examples:

Every city has its seamy neighborhood.

adjective

Sordid and disreputable.

Usage examples:

His seedy affair with a soft-porn starlet

adjective

In poor condition through long use or lack of care.

Usage examples:

A conscript in a shabby uniform saluted the car

adjective

Looking old and in bad condition because of wear or lack of care

Usage examples:

The man wore a long, shabby coat., we parked near bobby’s shabby trailer., her salary is $305,000 t…

adjective

Badly made or done.

Usage examples:

We're not paying good money for shoddy goods

noun

An inferior quality yarn or fabric made from the shredded fibre of waste woollen cloth or clippings.

Usage examples:

The production of shoddy and mattress stuffing

adjective

Made or done without care

Usage examples:

The furniture is shoddy and cheap.

adjective

(of a person or situation) sordid, corrupt, or immoral.

Usage examples:

A sleazy private detective

adjective

Morally bad and low in quality, but trying to attract people by a showy appearance or false manner

Usage examples:

He’s a sleazy politician who ignored his responsibilities in order to make his friends rich.

adjective

Sleazy people and places are involved in activities of a low moral standard

Usage examples:

57% of voters think of the government as "sleazy and incompetent"., he spent his twenties hanging o…

adjective

Covered by or resembling slime.

Usage examples:

Thick, slimy mud

adjective

Squalid or unfit for human habitation.

Usage examples:

A slummy neighbourhood

noun

(in liverpool) loose change; coins.

Usage examples:

Got my bag of slummy ready for the next minimum fare being paid with a £20 note

verb

Coat or mark (something) messily or carelessly with a greasy or sticky substance.

Usage examples:

His face was smeared with dirt

noun

A mark or streak of a greasy or sticky substance.

Usage examples:

There was an oil smear on his jacket

noun

A sample of tissue or other material taken from part of the body, spread thinly on a microscope slide for examination, typically for medical diagnosis.

Usage examples:

The smears were stained for cryptosporidium

adjective

Covered with smears (= dirty marks made by spreading a liquid or a thick substance over a surface)

Usage examples:

The dog's nose had made smeary marks on the glass., after a week of travelling, my map had become a…

adjective

Dirty; stained.

Usage examples:

A soiled t-shirt

verb

Make dirty.

Usage examples:

He might soil his expensive suit

verb

Feed (cattle) on fresh-cut green fodder (originally for the purpose of purging them).

adjective

Covered with or coloured like soot.

Usage examples:

His olive skin and sooty eyes

adjective

(of a place) extremely dirty and unpleasant, especially as a result of poverty or neglect.

Usage examples:

The squalid, overcrowded prison

adjective

Extremely dirty, poor, and unpleasant

Usage examples:

The squalid apartment was her first home in the city., he lived in dreadful squalor despite having …

verb

Mark or discolour with something that is not easily removed.

Usage examples:

Her clothing was stained with blood

adjective

Marked or discoloured with something that is not easily removed.

Usage examples:

A stained beer mat

adjective

(of a material or object) coloured by application of a penetrative dye or chemical.

Usage examples:

Stained timber floorboards

adjective

Tending or designed to stick to things on contact.

Usage examples:

Sticky cakes and pastries

noun

A piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side, used for leaving messages or reminders.

Usage examples:

Perfect pictures of sunny days, birthday parties and proms, of boyfriends, girlfriends and parents …

adjective

Difficult to deal with or solve

Usage examples:

A sticky situation, a sticky issue, you had better wash your sticky fingers.

adjective

Showy but cheap and of poor quality.

Usage examples:

Tawdry jewellery

noun

Cheap and gaudy finery.

Usage examples:

I had seen him in procession with his golden crook, preceded by the priests of his diocese, dressed…

adjective

Showy, cheap, and of poor quality

Usage examples:

Tawdry jewelry/furnishings

adjective

Dirty.

Usage examples:

The firm was fined for operating in unclean premises

adjective

Not clean or not pure and therefore likely to cause disease

Usage examples:

Unclean water, unclean kitchens, unclean thoughts/practices

adjective

Disagreeable to taste, smell, or look at.

Usage examples:

They looked at the scanty, unsavoury portions of food doled out to them

adjective

Unpleasant, or morally offensive

Usage examples:

Unsavoury sexual practices, an unsavoury reputation

adjective

Extremely unpleasant.

Usage examples:

He has a vile temper

adjective

Evil or disgusting

Usage examples:

He responded with the vilest language imaginable., a vile mood/temper

adjective

Unpleasant, immoral, and unacceptable

Usage examples:

This vile policy of ethnic cleansing must be stopped.

adjective

Messy or disgusting.

Usage examples:

Yucky green-grey slushy cabbage