Definitions for sordid

sordid sor·did

Spelling: [sawr-did]
IPA: /ˈsɔr dɪd/

Sordid is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 74 anagrams from letters in sordid (ddiors).

Definitions for sordid

adjective

  1. morally ignoble or base; vile:
  2. meanly selfish, self-seeking, or mercenary.
  3. dirty or filthy.
  4. squalid; wretchedly poor and run-down:

Origin of sordid

1590-1600; Latin sordidus, equivalent to sord(ēs) dirt + -idus -id4

Examples for sordid

There were also women in sordid skirts and with their loose jackets unhooked.

Their relationship was messy and sordid and full of lies and jealousy and betrayal and backstabbing.

Still, there were those trying to end this sordid special relationship.

But the sordid tale now runs far deeper still and has already begun jeopardizing lives in Cuba, Mexico, and Miami.

sordid surroundings, ignorance, and overcrowding did the rest.

I had asked that sordid question only to hide the unreasoning gladness of my heart.

Its most significant details were of a sordid kind, familiar to poverty.

"You shouldn't take such a sordid view of the matter," said the artist.

The U.K. tabloids, as is their wont, have branded her “shameless,” “sordid,” and “the scourge of society.”

The sordid story of a female co-founder stripped of her title because she was harassed.

Word Value for sordid
Scrable

8

Words with friends

8

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