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