sordid

Adjective
  1. Morally degraded (synset 301991889)
    "a seedy district"; "the seamy side of life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"; "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"; "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"; "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal"
    similar to: disreputable - lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance
    same as: seamy, seedy, sleazy, squalid
  2. Unethical or dishonest (synset 300624475)
    "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign"; "shoddy business practices"
    similar to: corrupt - lacking in integrity
    same as: dirty, shoddy
  3. Foul and run-down and repulsive (synset 300423394)
    "a flyblown bar on the edge of town"; "a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town"; "squalid living conditions"; "sordid shantytowns"
    similar to: dirty, soiled, unclean - soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
    same as: flyblown, squalid
  4. Meanly avaricious and mercenary (synset 300031497)
    "sordid avarice"; "sordid material interests"
    similar to: acquisitive - eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas

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