sordid

  • 1Sordid — Sor did, a. [L. sordidus, fr. sordere to be filthy or dirty; probably akin to E. swart: cf. F. sordide. See {Swart}, a.] 1. Filthy; foul; dirty. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A sordid god; down from his hoary chin A length of beard descends, uncombed,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2sordid — SORDÍD, Ă, sordizi, de, adj. (Livr (livresc).) Murdar; dezgustător. ♦ fig. Interesat în mod exagerat; meschin. – Din fr. sordide, lat. sordidus. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  sordíd adj. m., pl …

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  • 3Sordid — (v. lat.), 1) schmutzig, unflätig; 2) gemein, geizig; daher Sordidität, Unflätigkeit, Gemeinheit, Niederträchtigkeit …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 4Sordīd — (lat.), schmutzig, unflätig, geizig; Sordidität, schmutziges Wesen, Geiz …

    Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • 5Sordid — Sordid, vom lat. sordidus, schmutzig; niederträchtig; S.ät, Schmutz; Gemeinheit …

    Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • 6sordid — I adjective abiectus, abject, abominable, base, corrupt, debased, decayed, defiled, degraded, deteriorated, dilapidated, disgusting, foul, fouled, fulsome, fusty, grimy, gruesome, inliberalis, mucky, odious, repellent, slatternly, slovenly,… …

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  • 7sordid — 1580s, festering, from L. sordidus dirty, from sordere be dirty, be shabby, related to sordes dirt, from PIE root *swordo black, dirty (Cf. Goth. swarts, O.E. sweart black ). Sense of foul, low, mean first recorded 1610s …

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  • 8sordid — *mean, ignoble, abject Analogous words: *mercenary, venal: squalid, foul, filthy, nasty, *dirty: *contemptible, despicable, sorry, scurvy, cheap, beggarly, shabby …

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  • 9sordid — [adj] dirty, bad, low abject, avaricious, base, black, calculated, corrupt, covetous, debauched, degenerate, degraded, despicable, disreputable, dowdy, filthy, foul, grasping, grubby, ignoble, impure, low down, mean, mercenary, miserable, miserly …

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  • 10sordid — ► ADJECTIVE 1) involving ignoble actions and motives. 2) dirty or squalid. DERIVATIVES sordidly adverb sordidness noun. ORIGIN Latin sordidus, from sordere be dirty …

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