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sordid

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of sordid

1 not clean
  • He managed to rise above the sordid streets upon which he grew up.
Synonyms of sordid

bedraggled, befouled, begrimed, bemired, besmirched, black, blackened, cruddy, dingy, dirty, draggled, dusty, filthy, foul, grimy, grubby, grungy, mucky, muddy, nasty, smudged, smutty, soiled, stained, sullied, unclean, uncleanly
Words Related to sordid

contaminated, defiled, germy, impure, polluted, tainted

insanitary, uncleaned, unsanitary, unsterile, unsterilized, unwashed

greasy, gunky

littered, messed, messy, muddled, mussed, mussy, rumpled, scruffy, sloppy, slovenly, unkempt, untidy

raunchy, scuzzy [slang], shabby, sleazy, squalid
Near Antonyms of sordid

clear, limpid, pure

cleaned, cleansed, combed, groomed, neat, ordered, orderly, tidy

bleached, purified, whitened

bright, flawless, perfect, shiny, sparkling, unspotted, untouched

taintless, unblemished, undefiled, unpolluted, untainted, virgin, wholesome
Antonyms of sordid

clean, cleanly, immaculate, spick-and-span (or spic-and-span), spotless, stainless, ultraclean, unsoiled, unstained, unsullied
2 not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency
  • a sordid affair involving bribery and corruption in high places
Synonyms of sordid

base, contemptible, despicable, detestable, dirty, dishonorable, execrable, ignoble, ignominious, low, low-down, low-minded, mean, nasty, paltry, snide, vile, wretched
Words Related to sordid

bad, black, evil, foul, immoral, iniquitous, miscreant, wicked, wrong

cruel, vicious

blamable, blameworthy, censurable, reprehensible

corrupt, debased, debauched, degenerate, depraved, dissolute, perverted

atrocious, villainous

unethical, unprincipled, unscrupulous

discreditable, disgraceful, disreputable, shameful, unworthy
Near Antonyms of sordid

ethical, honest, just, principled, righteous, right-minded, scrupulous

commendable, excellent, exemplary, good, moral, right

decent, proper, reputable, respectable, seemly

blameless, guiltless

incorruptible, irreproachable

uncorrupted, unerring
Antonyms of sordid

high, high-minded, honorable, lofty, noble, straight, upright, venerable, virtuous

Synonym Discussion of sordid

mean, ignoble, abject, sordid mean being below the normal standards of human decency and dignity. mean suggests small-mindedness, ill temper, or cupidity.
    • mean and petty satire
ignoble suggests a loss or lack of some essential high quality of mind or spirit.
    • an ignoble scramble after material possessions
abject may imply degradation, debasement, or servility.
    • abject poverty
sordid is stronger than all of these in stressing physical or spiritual degradation and abjectness.
    • a sordid story of murder and revenge

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