definition of
sordid

[1] #1 sordid s. [seamy, seedy, sleazy, squalid] morally degraded; "a seedy district"; "the seamy side of life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"; "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly; "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce; "the. wn

[2] #2 sordid s. [dirty] unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign". wn

[3] #3 sordid s. [flyblown, squalid] foul and run-down and repulsive; "a flyblown bar on the edge of town"; "a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town"; "squalid living conditions"; "sordid shantytowns". wn

[4] #4 sordid s. meanly avaricious and mercenary; "sordid avarice"; "sordid material interests". wn