Synonyms for sordid
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Dirty — grasping; stingy; avaricious
dirty, seamy, seedy, despicable, tawdry, scandalous, miserable, sleazy, squalid, vile, filthy, disreputable, inglorious, venal, nefarious, wretched, reprehensible, contemptible, corrupt, grubby, ignominious, unclean
2. Greedy
greedy, covetous, money-hungry informal, rapacious, acquisitive, voracious, grabby
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Grasping; stingy; avaricious.
- adj. 2
Distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible.
The politician was involved in a sordid money laundering scheme.
Related words
- Word family
- sordidly sordidness
Example sentences
- scandalous Did you read this journalist's scandalous article?
- seedy Tom and Mary live in a seedy rundown neighbourhood.
- seamy There is a seamy side to everything.
- greedy Don't be so greedy or you'll wind up with nothing.
- covetous A covetous man is good to none and worst to himself.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| sordid | steady | |
| scandalous | rising | |
| seedy | rising | |
| tawdry | rising | |
| seamy | falling | |
| greedy | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- vile1
- 5 letters
- dirty2, seedy2, venal2, seamy2
- 6 letters
- filthy2, greedy2, sleazy2, grubby2, tawdry2, grabby
- 7 letters
- corrupt2, unclean2, squalid2
- 8 letters
- wretched2, covetous
- 9 letters
- miserable4, nefarious4, voracious3, rapacious3
- 10 letters
- despicable4, scandalous3, inglorious4
- 11 letters
- ignominious5, acquisitive4
- 12 letters
- disreputable5, contemptible4
- 13 letters
- reprehensible5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dirty2 = 2 syllables).