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Sordid Immoral Someone's Sɔːrdɪd Adj.污秽的;不洁的 Poor Family Lived

Front sordid
Pron ['sɔːrdɪd]
Back 【sordid】
adj.污秽的;不洁的
The poor family lived in a sordid log cabin in the valley.
这个穷人家住在山谷中一污秽的小木屋内。
Vocab
sordidfoul and run-down and repulsive

Describe a person's actions as sordid if they are so immoral or unethical that they seem dirty. Think of the worst parts of a bad soap opera!

Sordid comes from the Latin word sordes "dirt." Something that is filthy or run down such as a neighborhood or someone's living conditions can be called sordid, but it is usually used figuratively to mean immoral or dishonest. If you want to hear the sordid details of someone's actions, it's because they were extremely dishonest or sexually immoral and also because they were supposed to be kept a secret.

All forms of 'sordid' will appear on average once every 1060 pages.
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