sordid Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- foul
- grubby
- polluted
- grungy
- smutty
- chaotic
- smudged
- sloppy
- sullied
- grimy
- grotty
- uncleanly
- messy
- dingy
- begrimed
- bedraggled
- unclean
- greasy
- mucky
- soiled
- cruddy
Weak:
- besmirched
- slovenly
- untidy
- unsanitary
- impure
- bemired
- defiled
- skanky
- disarrayed
- sooty
- mussed
- draggled
- raunchy
- disheveled
- germy
- disordered
- shabby
- messed
- unsterilized
- dishevelled
- disarranged
- befouled
- jumbled
- unkempt
- tainted
- unwashed
- gunky
- insanitary
- uncleaned
- muddled
- fuliginous
- squalid
- littered
- cluttered
- rumpled
- scuzzy
- unsterile
- contaminated
- confused
- scruffy
- sleazy
Strongest:
- unstained
- limpid
- spick-and-span
- orderly
- clean
- clear
- neat
- cleaned
- spotless
- ultraclean
- ultraclean
- cleanly
- neat
- tidy
- immaculate
- cleanly
- unsoiled
- limpid
- orderly
- stainless
- pure
- spotless
- pure
- spick-and-span
- unsullied
- unsoiled
- stainless
- clear
- tidy
- clean
- unstained
- immaculate
- cleaned
- unsullied
Strong:
- wholesome
- purified
- bleached
- combed
- shiny
- spic-and-span
- flawless
- unpolluted
- sparkling
- groomed
- groomed
- bleached
- wholesome
- untouched
- flawless
- ordered
- unspotted
- ordered
- perfect
- bright
- unpolluted
- whitened
- sparkling
- bright
- combed
- untainted
- cleansed
- untouched
- perfect
- untainted
- whitened
- cleansed
- spic-and-span
- unblemished
- unspotted
- unblemished
- shiny
- purified
Weak:
sordid Meaning
sordid (s)
morally degraded
unethical or dishonest
foul and run-down and repulsive
meanly avaricious and mercenary
sordid Sentence Examples
- The sordid neighborhood was filled with dilapidated buildings and poverty-stricken residents.
- The politician's sordid affair threatened to derail his career.
- The crime scene was a sordid mess of blood and violence.
- The divorce proceedings revealed a sordid tale of infidelity and deception.
- The magazine exposé painted a sordid portrait of the celebrity's private life.
- The documentary exposed the sordid underbelly of the drug trade.
- The sordid rumors about the company's CEO were eventually proven true.
- The detective uncovered a sordid web of corruption within the police department.
- The sordid details of the scandal made it difficult to believe the accused's claims of innocence.
- The historian sought to unravel the sordid history of the town's founding.
FAQs About the word sordid
morally degraded, unethical or dishonest, foul and run-down and repulsive, meanly avaricious and mercenary
stained, muddy, dirty, black,filthy, dusty, blackened, nasty, foul, grubby
unstained, limpid, spick-and-span, orderly, clean, clear, neat, cleaned, spotless, ultraclean
The sordid neighborhood was filled with dilapidated buildings and poverty-stricken residents.
The politician's sordid affair threatened to derail his career.
The crime scene was a sordid mess of blood and violence.
The divorce proceedings revealed a sordid tale of infidelity and deception.
