sordid.
Distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible.
Meaning & usage
Distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible.
The politician was involved in a sordid money laundering scheme.
Dirty or squalid.
They rented a sordid apartment together.
Morally degrading.
Grasping; stingy; avaricious.
Of a dull colour.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Latin sordēs Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ējō Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ēō Latin -eō Latin sordeō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin sordidusder. Middle English sordid ▲ Latin sordiduslbor. French sordideder. English sordid From Middle English sordide, from Latin sordidus. Alternatively from French sordide.
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