SORDID


Meaning of SORDID in English

■ adjective

1》 involving ignoble actions and motives.

2》 dirty or squalid.

Derivatives

~ly adverb

~ness noun

Origin

ME: from Fr. ~e or L. ~us , from sordere 'be dirty'.

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