Can you understand why they have to pig it in one sordid room?
Source: tatoeba (2710862)
Sordid
//ˈsɔː.dɪd//
Synonyms for "sordid" (251 found)
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Closest matches (51)
Strong matches (75)
discreditabledisgustingdishonorabledisreputabledowdydown at the heeldown-and-outdrabbletaileddraggleddraggletaileddreadfulegregiousenormousesurientexecrablefeculentfetidfilthyflagrantfoul
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frowsyfrowzyfrumpishfrumpyfulsomegluttonousgobblinggrabbygraspinggreedygrievousgrossgrovellinggrubbygrudginghatefulheinoushoggishhorriblehorridignobleignominiousimpoverishedimpurein ragsinfamousinformalingloriousinsanitaryinsatiableinsatiatelamentablelimitlessloathsomelooselousylowlow-downlumpenmaggotymeanmercenarymessymingymiserablemiserlymoney hungry
Adjective(7 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (125)
money madmoney-hungrymoney-madmonstrousmuckymuddymurkymussynastynefariousnegligentniggardniggardlynoisomenotoriousobnoxiousodiousoffensiveomnivorousoutrageous
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overgreedyparsimoniouspenuriouspiggishpinchpennypitiablepitifulpokypollutedpoorpoverty-strickenputridquenchlessraggedraggedyramshacklerankrapaciousraveningravenousregrettablereprehensiblerepulsiverottenruinoussadscandalousschlockscragglyscurvyseamyseedyselfishservileshabbyshadyshamefulshockingslackslakelessslatternslatternlyslimyslipshodsloppyslovenlyslumlikeslummysluttishsoddensorrystingyswinishtackytatteredtawdryterribletoo badtumbledownuglyunappeasableunappeaseduncleanuncleanlyunkemptunneatunpraiseworthyunquenchableunrespectableunsanitaryunsatedunsatisfiedunsavoryunsightlyunslakeableunslakeduntidyvenalvilevillainousvoraciouswoefulworstworthlesswretched
Adjective(15 words)
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Synonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
3 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
7 entriesTranslations
82 translations across 22 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- pistë adj (morally degrading)
Bulgarian
4 entries- алчен adj (grasping)
- безчестен adj (morally degrading)
- гаден adj (distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible)
- мръсен adj (dirty or squalid)
Catalan
2 entries- sòrdid adj (dirty or squalid)
- sòrdid adj (morally degrading)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 下賤 /下贱 adj (distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible)
- 不潔 /不洁 adj (dirty or squalid)
- 卑鄙 adj (distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible)
- 污秽 adj (dirty or squalid)
Czech
4 entries- hnusný adj (distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible)
- nechutný adj (distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible)
- odporný adj (distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible)
- odporný adj (dirty or squalid)
Dutch
4 entries- gierig adj (grasping)
- smerig adj (dirty or squalid)
- smerig adj (morally degrading)
- verachtelijk adj (distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible)
Esperanto
1 entries- sordida adj (distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible)
Finnish
4 entries- halpamainen adj (morally degrading)
- kurja adj (dirty or squalid)
- likainen adj (dirty or squalid)
- mauton adj (distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible)
French
4 entries- avide adj (grasping)
- saleté adj (dirty or squalid)
- sordide adj (distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible)
- sordide adj (morally degrading)
German
4 entries- dreckig adj (dirty or squalid)
- geizig adj (grasping)
- schmutzig adj (dirty or squalid)
- schmutzig adj (morally degrading)
Hungarian
4 entries- anyagias adj (grasping)
- hitvány adj (morally degrading)
- kapzsi adj (grasping)
- közönséges adj (morally degrading)
Irish
2 entries- salach adj (dirty or squalid)
- suarach adj (morally degrading)
Latin
1 entries- sordidus adj (dirty or squalid)
Macedonian
4 entries- а́лчен adj (grasping)
- бе́счесен adj (morally degrading)
- ва́лкан adj (dirty or squalid)
- га́ден adj (distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible)
Māori
4 entries- poke adj (dirty or squalid)
- poke adj (morally degrading)
- tautau(w)hea adj (distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible)
- whakatautau(w)hea adj (distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- schmutzich adj (dirty or squalid)
- schmutzich adj (morally degrading)
Portuguese
1 entries- sórdido adj (morally degrading)
Russian
4 entries- гря́зный adj (dirty or squalid)
- жа́дный adj (grasping)
- коры́стный adj (grasping)
- ни́зкий adj (morally degrading)
Spanish
3 entries- sórdido adj (dirty or squalid)
- sórdido adj (morally degrading)
- sórdido adj (grasping)
Thai
2 entries- ต่ำช้า adj (distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible)
- เลวทราม adj (distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible)
Ukrainian
4 entries- брудний adj (dirty or squalid)
- корисливий adj (grasping)
- мерзенний adj (distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible)
- огидний adj (distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible)
Welsh
2 entries- bawaidd adj (dirty or squalid)
- iselwael adj (morally degrading)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Live can so easily degenerate into something sordid and vulgar.
Source: tatoeba (3573306)
Audley Court was not an attractive locality. The narrow passage led us into a quadrangle paved with flags and lined by sordid dwellings.
Source: tatoeba (6307732)
Sami's sordid love affair destroyed his marriage.
Source: tatoeba (6463002)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.