1. sordid

adjective. ['ˈsɔrdəd'] morally degraded.

Rhymes with Sordid

• rewarded
• recorded
• awarded
• afforded
• corded
• boarded

Sentences with sordid

1. Adjective
The Tower of London has a fascinating and sordid past unlike any other historical monument in the world.

2. Noun, plural
Ask yourself: Would you tell your mother all those sordid details?

Quotes about sordid

1. I had a friend where it turned out that she hated my guts, all through our friendship. I thought she was my best friend, and then, in high school, she turned on me and had sordid affairs with all of the people that I'd dated. It was less hurtful because I was in high school, so it was more like, 'What's wrong with you? Gross!'
- Mae Whitman

2. Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence. It inculcates purity and harmony, the mystery of mutual charity, the romanticism of the social order. It is essentially a worship of the Imperfect, as it is a tender attempt to accomplish something possible in this impossible thing we know as life.
- Okakura Kakuzō, The Book of Tea

3. Do I fear death? No, I am not afraid of being dead because there's nothing to be afraid of, I won't know it. I fear dying, of dying I feel a sense of waste about it and I fear a sordid death, where I am incapacitated or imbecilic at the end which isn't something to be afraid of, it's something to be terrified of.
- Christopher Hitchens

2. sordid

adjective. ['ˈsɔrdəd'] unethical or dishonest.

3. sordid

adjective. ['ˈsɔrdəd'] foul and run-down and repulsive.

4. sordid

adjective. ['ˈsɔrdəd'] meanly avaricious and mercenary.