sordid

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English sordide, from Latin sordidus. Alternatively from French sordide. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɔː.dɪd/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɔɹdɪd/ Hyphenation: sor‧did Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dɪd Homophone: sorted (in some varieties) === Adjective === sordid (comparative sordider, superlative sordidest) Distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible. Dirty or squalid. Synonym: seedy Morally degrading. Synonym: seamy 1994, The Lion King, Be Prepared musical number: I know it sounds sordid but you'll be rewarded, when at last I've been given my dues. 2006, John C. Roberts, concurrence and dissent in part in League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry, 548 U.S. 399 (2006) It is a sordid business, this divvying us up by race. Grasping; stingy; avaricious. (biology) Of a dull colour. ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:greedy, Thesaurus:unclean ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Anagrams === 'droids, disord, dorids, droids == Estonian == === Noun === sordid nominative plural of sort == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French sordide, from Latin sordidus. === Adjective === sordid m or n (feminine singular sordidă, masculine plural sordizi, feminine/neuter plural sordide) sordid ==== Declension ====