English Dictionary

sordid

/ˈsɔː.dɪd/

adj

Distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible. / Dirty or squalid. / Morally degrading. / Grasping; stingy; avaricious. / Of a dull colour.

The sordid affair left a bitter taste in everyone's mouth.

意味（1）

Distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible.

意味（2）

Dirty or squalid.

意味（3）

Morally degrading.

He rode slowly home along the deserted road, watching the stars come out in the clear violet sky. They flashed softly into the limpid heavens, like jewels let fall into clear water. They were a reproach, he felt, to a sordid world.

意味（4）

Grasping; stingy; avaricious.

意味（5）

Of a dull colour.