SORDID Meaning of SORDID in English adj.1 dirty or squalid. 2 ignoble, mean, or mercenary. 3 mean or niggardly. 4 dull-coloured. Derivatives: sordidly adv. sordidness n. Etymology: F sordide or L sordidus f. sordere be dirty Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012