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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, grotty [chiefly British], 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

chaotic, cluttered, confused, disarranged, disarrayed, disheveled (or dishevelled), disordered, jumbled, littered, messed, messy, muddled, mussed, mussy, rumpled, scruffy, sloppy, slovenly, unkempt, untidy

raunchy, scuzzy [slang], shabby, skanky [slang], sleazy, squalid

collied [chiefly British dialect], crocked [dialect], fuliginous, sooty

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, currish, 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

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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