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Comparative
more sordid
Superlative
most sordid
1
relating to a disgraceful and corrupted action
- The newspaper reported on the sordid dealings of the corrupt officials.
- The film’s plot revealed the sordid activities of a criminal syndicate.
- The politician’s sordid past was brought to light during the campaign.
- They were dismayed by the sordid practices revealed in the audit.
- The documentary exposed the sordid exploitation behind the company's success.
2
dirty, unpleasant, or neglected in appearance or condition
- They lived in a sordid tenement with broken windows and moldy walls.
- The alley was sordid, littered with trash and reeking of decay.
- He wandered through the sordid backstreets of the city.
- The basement was sordid, damp and crawling with insects.
- She recoiled from the sordid mess in the kitchen.
3
driven by selfish greed in a way that is petty
- His sordid obsession with money ruined every relationship.
- They made sordid demands for payment before offering help.
- Their sordid scramble for inheritance disgusted the rest of the family.
- She pursued fame with sordid ambition, stepping over anyone in her way.
- The deal was struck under sordid financial pressure, not principle.