Word "SORDID" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
unethical or dishonest
Synonyms:
dirty, shoddy
Examples:
a sordid political campaign

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
foul and run-down and repulsive
Synonyms:
flyblown, squalid
Examples:
sordid shantytowns

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
morally degraded
Synonyms:
seamy, seedy, sleazy, squalid
Examples:
the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils

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Sleazy, so censor didn't keep it in (6)
Not to be commended? Very right, investigator declares at the outset
The censor didn't have to look for the squalid bit (6)
Sleazy USA Today 22 Jun 2025
Involving immoral or dishonourable actions and motives (6)
Tawdry Thomas Joseph 19 Apr 2025
Sleazy and unsavoury (6)
Shabby retrospective of Diana Dors failing (6)
Dirty sword did get a mention (6)
Tawdry type when restricted performed (6)
Unclean The Telegraph Quick 02 Jan 2025
Seedy, sleazy
Dirty, shoddier perhaps, he left (6)
Filthy, squalid (6)
Sleazy Wall Street Journal 19 Oct 2024
Unsavoury Puzzler Backwords 04 Oct 2024
Alternatively Diana in South Dakota finds it squalid (6)
Most of class worked out mean (6)
Alternatively Diana in South Dakota found it squalid (6)
Sleazy Mirror Classic 22 Aug 2024
Odd, sir, but could become squalid (6)
Vile, sleazy (6)
Base and demeaning part of sponsor diddling public (6)
So, leading Roman did become sleazy
With no hesitation, disorder might become squalid (6)
Odd, sir, but squalid, in a way (6)
Seedy Mirror Tea Time 31 Mar 2024
Squalid, dirty (6)
Disordered disorder, without hesitation: it's squalid! (6)
Shameful, dirty The Guardian Quick 07 Mar 2024
Second alternative performed despite being dirty (6)
Sleazy chap holding broken rod (6)
Dirty type endlessly cheated The Sun Two Speed 04 Jan 2024
Sleazy or squalid The Sun Two Speed 04 Jan 2024
Foul reportedly observed by police officer and daughter The Times Cryptic 11 Dec 2023
That Dr Dios could be described as being squalid
Vile Eugene Sheffer 28 Jun 2023
Filthy LA Times Daily 29 May 2023
Dirty The Telegraph Quick 27 May 2023
Tawdry Wall Street Journal 28 Apr 2023
Sleazy, squalid The Guardian Speedy 16 Apr 2023
Dirty — unethical The Guardian Quick 05 Jan 2023
Squalid The Telegraph Quick 10 Dec 2022
Soldiers arrested by police officers around base The Guardian Cryptic 28 Sep 2022
Louche New York Times 20 Aug 2022
Squalid The Telegraph Quick 18 Aug 2022
Tawdry Thomas Joseph 19 Feb 2022
Sleazy, squalid Irish Times Simplex 26 Jan 2022
Sleazy, squalid Irish Times Simplex 29 Dec 2021
Despicable type almost finished The Guardian Cryptic 22 Dec 2021
Despicable type almost finished
Disreputable character mostly cheated
... reportedly dated accomplished degenerate The Telegraph Toughie 25 Mar 2021
Sleazy The Telegraph Quick 15 Mar 2021
Squalid type briefly performed
Squalid type briefly performed The Times Cryptic 12 Mar 2021
Unsavoury sort playing Doris Day from the start Irish Times Crosaire 13 Feb 2021
Morally degraded; unpleasant and offensive The Guardian Speedy 03 Jan 2021
Mean point that's not used now in curt speech
Unsavoury type playing Doris Day from the start Irish Times Crosaire 02 Jul 2020
Ignoble Newsday 07 Jun 2020
Took care of it after Revenue reviewed something dishonourable Irish Times Crosaire 10 Apr 2020
Dishonorable Thomas Joseph 16 Mar 2020
Sleazy sort endlessly accomplished The Sun Two Speed 16 Dec 2019
Dirty or squalid The Sun Two Speed 16 Dec 2019
Sleazy type finishing early was suitable The Telegraph Cryptic 11 Dec 2019
Sleazy The Sun Two Speed 20 Nov 2019
Dirty type endlessly cheated The Sun Two Speed 20 Nov 2019
Morally degraded The New Yorker 12 Aug 2019
Unsavory Newsday 06 Apr 2019
Vile Eugene Sheffer 24 Jan 2019
Sleazy or squalid The Sun Two Speed 20 Dec 2018
Dirty turf laid around road island The Sun Two Speed 20 Dec 2018
Rule-breaking very accomplished but shameful
Tawdry Thomas Joseph 27 Oct 2018
Dirty, squalid The Times Concise 29 May 2018
Seedy, squalid Irish Times Simplex 03 May 2018
Dirty The Times Concise 22 Apr 2018
Morally base LA Times Daily 03 Mar 2018
Morally base The Washington Post 03 Mar 2018
Sleazy, squalid Irish Times Simplex 02 Oct 2017
Morally degenerate USA Today 14 Sep 2017
Wretched New York Times 18 Jul 2017
Dishonorable
Wretched
Morally degenerate
Like some tales or details New York Times 06 Nov 2016
Unclean The Telegraph Quick 18 Aug 2016
Seedy type finally slipped off, cheated
Endlessly aggravated, committed foul The Times Cryptic 29 Jun 2016
Morally base Premier Sunday 13 Mar 2016
Filthy New York Times 03 Jan 2016
Like some tales or details
Filthy
Took care of after Revenue reviewed something dishonourable Irish Times Crosaire 07 Oct 2015
Dirty type endlessly cheated
Dirty turf laid around road island The Times Cryptic 25 Mar 2015
Morally degraded
Morally base
Dishonorable
Vile
Like some pasts
Like some pasts
Morally base
Morally reprehensible
Seamy
Vile
Wretched
Morally ignoble
Morally reprehensible
Morally reprehensible
Base
Vile
Base
Like details to be spared
Like some details
Like details to be spared
Rotten
Sleazy
Sleazy
Base
Unsavory
Morally reprehensible
Run-down
Wretched
Tawdry
Sleazy
Vile
Vile
Vile
Dishonorable
Foul
Squalid
Squalid; depraved
Gross
Morally base
Ignoble
Degraded
Ignoble.
Mercenary.
Base.
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