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Definitions of sordid
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Sordidness. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.
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Sordidly. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.
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unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
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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" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
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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 squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal" Wordnet Dictionary DB
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Filthy; foul; dirty. Newage Dictionary DB
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Vile; base; gross; mean; as, vulgar, sordid mortals. Newage Dictionary DB
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Meanly avaricious; covetous; niggardly. Newage Dictionary DB
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Mean; vile; base; without noble ideals; greedy of gain; miserly. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.
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Vile: mean: meanly avaricious. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.
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Vile; mean; niggardly. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.
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Meanly avaricious; mercenary; base. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.
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Filthy; foul; vile; base; niggardly; meanly avaricious. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.
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Mean; base; vile; meanly avaricious; very niggardly. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.