English / word
sordid
adjective C1MEANING IN ENGLISH
Involving ignoble actions and motives; arousing moral distaste.
In context
01
Investigative reporters uncovered the sordid financial details behind the scandal.
02
The newspaper exposed the politician's sordid past.
Synonyms
dirty,squalid,ignoble
Antonyms
clean,honorable,respectable
Collocations
sordid affair,sordid details,sordid past