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10 Language-to-English Dictionariessordide
Pronunciation / Transliteration: sor.did
"Il a révélé les détails sordides de cette affaire."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Involving ignoble actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt.
"The newspaper exposed the politician's sordid financial dealings." - 2
Ignoble or dirty; squalid and run-down as a result of poverty or neglect.
"They lived in a sordid tenement building on the outskirts of the city."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'sordidus', meaning 'dirty' or 'shabby', stemming from 'sordere' (to be dirty). It entered the English language in the 16th century, initially denoting physical squalor before gradually shifting to describe moral ignobility and ignoble actions.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Sordid" is said worldwide
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sordide
Transliteration: sor.did
"Il a révélé les détails sordides de cette affaire."
schmutzig
Transliteration: schmut-zig
"Sie erzählte eine schmutzige Geschichte über Verrat."
squallido
Transliteration: skwal.li.do
"È stata una storia squallida dall'inizio alla fine."
sórdido
Transliteration: sor.di.do
"La investigación reveló un pasado sórdido."
sórdido
Transliteration: sor.di.du
"Eles discutiram os detalhes sórdidos do crime."
घिनौना
Transliteration: ghinauna
"उसने उस मामले की एक घिनौना कहानी सुनाई।"
肮脏的
Transliteration: āng zāng de
"这是一个关于背叛的肮脏故事。"
추잡한
Transliteration: chujaphan
"그는 그 사건의 추잡한 진실을 폭로했다."
卑劣な
Transliteration: hiretsuna
"それは何とも卑劣な裏切りの物語だった。"
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