sordid

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

sor·did (sôrʹdĭd)adj.
1. Filthy or dirty; foul.
2. Depressingly squalid; wretched:
sordid shantytowns.
3. Morally degraded: “The sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils” (James Joyce). See Synonyms at mean².
4. Exceedingly mercenary; grasping. [Middle English sordide, festering, purulent, from Latin sordidus, dirty, from sordēre, to be dirty.] sorʹdid·ly adv.sorʹdid·ness n.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  flyblown, squalid, dirty, seamy, seedy, sleazy