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ADJECTIVE 4

  1. 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”
  2. unethical or dishonest

    • “dirty police officers”
    • “a sordid political campaign”
    Synonymsdirty
  3. 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”
  4. meanly avaricious and mercenary

    • “sordid avarice”
    • “sordid material interests”

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