sordid Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- begrimed
- soiled
- dingy
- smudged
- sullied
- smutty
- grubby
- grotty
- foul
- messy
- mucky
- grungy
- greasy
- chaotic
- sloppy
- uncleanly
- grimy
- polluted
- unclean
- bedraggled
- cruddy
Weak:
- draggled
- befouled
- cluttered
- unsterilized
- unwashed
- gunky
- confused
- rumpled
- shabby
- impure
- defiled
- mussed
- sooty
- disarrayed
- slovenly
- littered
- raunchy
- tainted
- contaminated
- skanky
- dishevelled
- germy
- fuliginous
- besmirched
- insanitary
- unsanitary
- sleazy
- messed
- scuzzy
- unsterile
- jumbled
- bemired
- disarranged
- squalid
- muddled
- unkempt
- uncleaned
- disheveled
- disordered
- scruffy
- untidy
Strongest:
- spick-and-span
- cleaned
- limpid
- limpid
- unsullied
- unstained
- pure
- spick-and-span
- immaculate
- stainless
- cleaned
- clean
- spotless
- cleanly
- clear
- ultraclean
- stainless
- unsoiled
- neat
- ultraclean
- immaculate
- pure
- unsoiled
- orderly
- unsullied
- unstained
- tidy
- spotless
- neat
- orderly
- clean
- cleanly
- clear
- tidy
Strong:
- untouched
- whitened
- cleansed
- sparkling
- unspotted
- unpolluted
- untainted
- bright
- bleached
- combed
- spic-and-span
- perfect
- perfect
- cleansed
- sparkling
- unpolluted
- combed
- groomed
- wholesome
- spic-and-span
- unblemished
- ordered
- whitened
- shiny
- ordered
- groomed
- untainted
- purified
- purified
- flawless
- shiny
- untouched
- unspotted
- bleached
- bright
- wholesome
- flawless
- unblemished
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
filthy, dirty, muddy, stained, blackened, nasty, dusty, black, begrimed, soiled
spick-and-span, cleaned, limpid, limpid, unsullied, unstained, pure, spick-and-span, immaculate, stainless
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.
