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sordid
English
Etymology
Latin sordidus, from sord?re (“be dirty”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?s??.d?d/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?s??d?d/
- Homophone: sorted (in some varieties)
Adjective
sordid (comparative sordider, superlative sordidest)
- Distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible.
- Dirty or squalid.
- Morally degrading.
- 1912, Willa Cather, The Bohemian Girl
- He rode slowly home along the deserted road, watching the stars come out in the clear violet sky. They flashed softly into the limpid heavens, like jewels let fall into clear water. They were a reproach, he felt, to a sordid world.
- 1994, The Lion King, Be Prepared musical number:
- I know it sounds sordid but you'll be rewarded, when at last I've been given my dues.
- 2006, John C. Roberts, concurrence and dissent in part in League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry, 548 U.S. 399 (2006)
- It is a sordid business, this divvying us up by race.
- 1912, Willa Cather, The Bohemian Girl
- Grasping; stingy; avaricious.
- Of a dull colour.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:greedy, Thesaurus:unclean
Derived terms
- sordidity
- sordidly
- sordidness
Translations
Anagrams
- 'droids, disord, dorids, droids
Estonian
Noun
sordid
- nominative plural of sort
Romanian
Etymology
From French sordide, from Latin sordidus.
Adjective
sordid m or n (feminine singular sordid?, masculine plural sordizi, feminine and neuter plural sordide)
- sordid
Declension
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indecent
English
Etymology
in- +? decent
Adjective
indecent (comparative more indecent, superlative most indecent)
- offensive to good taste
- Synonyms: distasteful, in bad taste, in poor taste, offensive
- not in keeping with conventional moral values; improper, immodest or unseemly
- Synonyms: immodest, immoral, improper, unseemly
- (criminal law) Generally unacceptable for public broadcasting but not legally obscene.
Related terms
- indecency
Translations
Anagrams
- incented
Romanian
Etymology
From French indécent, from Latin indecens.
Adjective
indecent m or n (feminine singular indecent?, masculine plural indecen?i, feminine and neuter plural indecente)
- indecent
Declension
Related terms
- indecen??
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