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Webster 1913 Edition
Sordid
Sor′did
,Adj.
[L. ]
sordidus
, fr. sordere
to be filthy or dirty; probably akin to E. swart
: cf. F. sordide
. See Swart
, Adj.
1.
Filthy; foul; dirty.
[Obs.]
A
A length of beard descends, uncombed, unclean.
sordid
god; down from his hoary chinA length of beard descends, uncombed, unclean.
Dryden.
2.
Vile; base; gross; mean;
“To scorn the sordid world.” as, vulgar,
. sordid
mortalsMilton.
3.
Meanly avaricious; covetous; niggardly.
He may be old,
And yet
And yet
sordid
, who refuses gold. Sir J. Denham.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sordid
SOR'DID
,Adj.
1.
Filthy; foul; dirty; gross. There Charon stands a sordid god. [This literal sense is nearly obsolete.]2.
Vile; base; mean; as vulgar, sordid mortals.3.
Meanly avaricious; covetous; niggardly. He may be old and yet not sordid, who refuses gold.Definition 2024
sordid
sordid
English
Adjective
sordid (comparative sordider, superlative sordidest)
- 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.
- 1912, Willa Cather, The Bohemian Girl
- Grasping.
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:greedy
Derived terms
Translations
dirty or squalid
morally degrading
grasping