sordid
adjective
1. morally degraded
- the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils
Similar word(s): disreputable, seamy, seedy, sleazy, squalid
2. unethical or dishonest
- a sordid political campaign
Similar word(s): corrupt, dirty, shoddy
3. foul and run-down and repulsive
- sordid shantytowns
Similar word(s): dirty, soiled, unclean, flyblown, squalid
4. meanly avaricious and mercenary
- sordid avarice
- sordid material interests
Similar word(s): acquisitive