sordidness

Examples

• All

• The politician's scandals revealed the sordidness behind his promising public image.

• I know what you feel about this evening, about the sordidness of it.

  Brief Encounter (1945)

• I've had enough of this sordidness, and I wanna go home.

  Primal Fear (1996)

• We compare this week's to last week's, reflecting on the sordidness of our dealers.

  Fiction book (2001)

• I imagine in your work, Inspector, you have come across many relationships that began as infatuation and ended in sordidness and eventually crime?

  Fiction book (1993)

• Their sordidness is unalloyed, encouraging the rest of society to block out poverty and retreat to its own more comfortable and intelligible world.

  Academic text (1997)

• It is disturbing to see a mainstream media outfit promoting this type of sordidness, but then it is all about money, ratings, and viewership, isn't it?

  Blog text (1)

• The sordidness of the abandoned house made it clear no one had lived there for years.

• She spoke about the sordidness in the city, highlighting the issues of poverty and neglect.

Synonyms

F

filth

vssordidness

46 2.0

Dirt and disgusting things that make a place very dirty

is broader, including moral corruption as well as physical dirt

W

wickedness

vssordidness

28 5.2

A state of being morally wrong or evil

is the combined notion of moral decline plus physical neglect or dirt

D

depravity

vssordidness

• Formal

25 8.8

A state of very bad moral behavior

is broader, covering milder moral decay and physical unclean states

S

squalor

vssordidness

20 8.0

Dirty and unpleasant living conditions caused by poverty or neglect

also includes moral degradation, not only severe physical neglect

U

ugliness

vssordidness

20 4.6

A quality of being morally bad or cruel

is broader, combining moral badness with physical dirt or neglect

V

vileness

vssordidness

2 8.0

Very bad and morally wrong behavior

is broader, also implying physical squalor and social degradation

N

nastiness

vssordidness

2 4.9

A very dirty state that smells bad and disgusts people

adds moral degradation to physical foulness rather than only disgust

U

uncleanness

vssordidness

1 6.0

A state of being dirty and likely to spread disease

also involves moral degradation beyond mere physical soil or mess

B

baseness

vssordidness

• Formal

1 8.1

Low moral quality that shows shameful behavior

is similar but also covers physical grime and social degradation

F

foulness

vssordidness

1 7.9

Very bad and immoral behavior that harms other people

is broader, including physical mess alongside moral rot

S

sleaziness

vssordidness

• Literature

1 8.1

Being dishonest and unfair in a way that harms others

is the broader term that covers both physical mess and moral decay

F

filthiness

vssordidness

1 5.3

A state of being morally bad because of wrong actions

is the general notion combining moral decay with physical uncleanliness

D

dirtiness

vssordidness

1 1.0

Not being clean because it has mud, dust or stains

adds moral degradation to physical lack of cleanliness

S

slovenliness

vssordidness

1 8.3

Being untidy, dirty, and careless about clothes or work

adds moral degradation and social shame beyond simple untidiness

D

disgustingness

vssordidness

1 6.5

How gross or unpleasant something is

adds moral degradation and social shame to mere physical repulsion

S

seediness

vssordidness

1 7.7

A shabby, dirty appearance that makes a person or place seem unsafe

is broader, covering moral degradation as well as shabby appearance

U

uncleanliness

vssordidness

1 5.5

A state when a place or person is dirty and not cared for

is broader, including both moral failings and physical mess

M

miscreancy

vssordidness

• Archaic

1 9.9

Very bad actions that break the law

is the wider idea adding physical dirt and degraded surroundings

D

despicableness

vssordidness

1 8.2

Being so bad or shameful that people strongly dislike it

adds a sense of physical dirt and ongoing moral decline

S

seaminess

vssordidness

9.3

An unpleasant hidden side of a person or place

is the broader idea linking physical dirt and moral decline

S

scumminess

vssordidness

• Offensive

8.6

A state of being dirty or bad in a moral way, for example a filthy place

is the general term mixing physical filth with moral degradation

T

taintedness

vssordidness

9.1

A state of being dirty, spoiled, or having a damaged reputation

is the wider state that joins physical mess with moral decline

S

squalidness

vssordidness

8.2

Very dirty and unpleasant places caused by poverty or lack of care

also covers moral failure as well as mere physical neglect

D

despicability

vssordidness

8.9

A very bad moral quality that makes people feel disgust or anger

is broader, including physical neglect and general social decline

C

contemptibility

vssordidness

• Offensive

9.8

Being so bad that people feel strong dislike and disrespect

is more about combined moral decay and physical squalor rather than judgment

Antonyms

I

integrity

132 4.4

Being whole and not broken, for example in a building or file

P

purity

• Formal

34 3.9

The state of being without moral wrong or corruption

How Sordid

depravity

• Formal

25 8.8

squalor

20 8.0

filth

46 2.0

sordidness

1 8.8

seediness

1 7.7

shabbiness

1 6.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology