"sordid" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈsɔː.dɪd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsɔɹdɪd/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-sordid.ogg [US] Forms: sordider [comparative], sordidest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dɪd Etymology: From Middle English sordide, from Latin sordidus. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sordide}} Middle English sordide, {{der|en|la|sordidus}} Latin sordidus Head templates: {{en-adj|sordider}} sordid (comparative sordider, superlative sordidest)
  1. Distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible. Translations (distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible): гаден (gaden) (Bulgarian), подъл (podǎl) (Bulgarian), 卑鄙 (bēibǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 下賤 (Chinese Mandarin), 下贱 (xiàjiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), nechutný (Czech), hnusný (Czech), odporný (Czech), verachtelijk (Dutch), mauton (Finnish), tyylitön (Finnish), га́ден (gáden) (Macedonian), по́дол (pódol) (Macedonian), tautau(w)hea (Maori), whakatautau(w)hea (Maori), огидний (ohydnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), мерзенний (merzennyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-sordid-en-adj-xGpkHLq9 Disambiguation of 'distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible': 92 2 1 5 0
  2. Dirty or squalid. Categories (topical): Hygiene Translations (dirty or squalid): мръсен (mrǎsen) (Bulgarian), sòrdid (Catalan), 不潔 (Chinese Mandarin), 不洁 (bùjié) (Chinese Mandarin), 污穢 (Chinese Mandarin), 汙穢 (Chinese Mandarin), 污秽 (Chinese Mandarin), 污秽 (wūhuì) (Chinese Mandarin), odporný (Czech), špinavý (Czech), zaplivaný (Czech), smerig (Dutch), likainen (Finnish), kurja (Finnish), rähjäinen (Finnish), saastainen (Finnish), saleté (French), dreckig (German), schäbig (German), schmutzig (German), piszkos (Hungarian), szennyes (Hungarian), salach (Irish), sordidus (Latin), ва́лкан (válkan) (Macedonian), гна́сен (gnásen) (Macedonian), poke (Maori), schmutzich (Plautdietsch), гря́зный (grjáznyj) (Russian), sórdido (Spanish), брудний (brudnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), bawaidd (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-sordid-en-adj-wnCZDLrZ Disambiguation of Hygiene: 34 50 2 13 0 Disambiguation of 'dirty or squalid': 5 93 1 2 0
  3. Morally degrading. Translations (morally degrading): pistë (Albanian), безчестен (bezčesten) (Bulgarian), sòrdid (Catalan), smerig (Dutch), moraalisesti alhainen (Finnish), halpamainen (Finnish), sordide (French), schmutzig (German), schäbig (German), hitvány (Hungarian), közönséges (Hungarian), suarach (Irish), бе́счесен (bésčesen) (Macedonian), ни́зок (nízok) (Macedonian), poke (Maori), schmutzich (Plautdietsch), sórdido (Portuguese), опустившийся (opustivšijsja) (Russian), ни́зкий (nízkij) (Russian), sórdido (Spanish), iselwael (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-sordid-en-adj-~kC9YiFJ Disambiguation of 'morally degrading': 2 1 93 4 0
  4. Grasping; stingy; avaricious. Translations (grasping): алчен (alčen) (Bulgarian), gierig (Dutch), avide (French), geizig (German), anyagias (Hungarian), kapzsi (Hungarian), zsugori (Hungarian), а́лчен (álčen) (Macedonian), коры́стный (korýstnyj) (Russian), жа́дный (žádnyj) (Russian), sórdido (Spanish), корисливий (koryslyvyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-sordid-en-adj-B2sABYIn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 6 6 51 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 6 6 72 1 Disambiguation of 'grasping': 4 2 5 89 0
  5. Of a dull colour.
    Sense id: en-sordid-en-adj-eaDJtlkT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: unclean Derived forms: sordidity, sordidly, sordidness

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for sordid meaning in English (13.1kB)

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          "word": "tyylitön"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "dirty or squalid",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 93 1 2 0",
          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "dirty or squalid",
          "word": "smerig"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 93 1 2 0",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "dirty or squalid",
          "word": "likainen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 93 1 2 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "dirty or squalid",
          "word": "kurja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 93 1 2 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "dirty or squalid",
          "word": "rähjäinen"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "dirty or squalid",
          "word": "saastainen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 93 1 2 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "dirty or squalid",
          "word": "saleté"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 93 1 2 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "dirty or squalid",
          "word": "dreckig"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 93 1 2 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "dirty or squalid",
          "word": "schäbig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 93 1 2 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "dirty or squalid",
          "word": "schmutzig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 93 1 2 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "dirty or squalid",
          "word": "piszkos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 93 1 2 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "dirty or squalid",
          "word": "szennyes"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 93 1 2 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "dirty or squalid",
          "word": "salach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 93 1 2 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "dirty or squalid",
          "word": "sordidus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 93 1 2 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "válkan",
          "sense": "dirty or squalid",
          "word": "ва́лкан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 93 1 2 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "gnásen",
          "sense": "dirty or squalid",
          "word": "гна́сен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 93 1 2 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "dirty or squalid",
          "word": "poke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 93 1 2 0",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "dirty or squalid",
          "word": "schmutzich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 93 1 2 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "grjáznyj",
          "sense": "dirty or squalid",
          "word": "гря́зный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 93 1 2 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "dirty or squalid",
          "word": "sórdido"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 93 1 2 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "brudnyj",
          "sense": "dirty or squalid",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "брудний"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 93 1 2 0",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "dirty or squalid",
          "word": "bawaidd"
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        {
          "ref": "1912, Willa Cather, The Bohemian Girl",
          "text": "He rode slowly home along the deserted road, watching the stars come out in the clear violet sky. They flashed softly into the limpid heavens, like jewels let fall into clear water. They were a reproach, he felt, to a sordid world.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1994, The Lion King, Be Prepared musical number",
          "text": "I know it sounds sordid but you'll be rewarded, when at last I've been given my dues."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, John C. Roberts, concurrence and dissent in part in League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry, 548 U.S. 399 (2006)",
          "text": "It is a sordid business, this divvying us up by race."
        }
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          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "morally degrading",
          "word": "pistë"
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        {
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "bezčesten",
          "sense": "morally degrading",
          "word": "безчестен"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
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          "sense": "morally degrading",
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          "sense": "morally degrading",
          "word": "moraalisesti alhainen"
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          "word": "halpamainen"
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        {
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "morally degrading",
          "word": "sordide"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "morally degrading",
          "word": "schmutzig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 93 4 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "morally degrading",
          "word": "schäbig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 93 4 0",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "morally degrading",
          "word": "hitvány"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "morally degrading",
          "word": "közönséges"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 93 4 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "morally degrading",
          "word": "suarach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 93 4 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "bésčesen",
          "sense": "morally degrading",
          "word": "бе́счесен"
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          "roman": "nízok",
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          "sense": "morally degrading",
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          "sense": "morally degrading",
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "morally degrading",
          "word": "sórdido"
        },
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          "_dis1": "2 1 93 4 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "opustivšijsja",
          "sense": "morally degrading",
          "word": "опустившийся"
        },
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nízkij",
          "sense": "morally degrading",
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          "sense": "morally degrading",
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        },
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          "sense": "morally degrading",
          "word": "iselwael"
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        "Grasping; stingy; avaricious."
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          "sense": "grasping",
          "word": "алчен"
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          "word": "gierig"
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          "word": "avide"
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          "sense": "grasping",
          "word": "geizig"
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "grasping",
          "word": "anyagias"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 5 89 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "grasping",
          "word": "kapzsi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 5 89 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "grasping",
          "word": "zsugori"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 5 89 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "álčen",
          "sense": "grasping",
          "word": "а́лчен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 5 89 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "korýstnyj",
          "sense": "grasping",
          "word": "коры́стный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 5 89 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "žádnyj",
          "sense": "grasping",
          "word": "жа́дный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 5 89 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "grasping",
          "word": "sórdido"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 2 5 89 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "koryslyvyj",
          "sense": "grasping",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        "Of a dull colour."
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    }
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      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈsɔɹdɪd/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)dɪd"
    },
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      "homophone": "sorted (in some varieties)"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/En-us-sordid.ogg",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "unclean"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "Requests for review of French translations",
    "Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)dɪd",
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      "word": "sordidity"
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    {
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "sordidus"
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      "name": "der"
    }
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sordider",
      "tags": [
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          "ignoble"
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      "glosses": [
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      ],
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        ]
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "ref": "1912, Willa Cather, The Bohemian Girl",
          "text": "He rode slowly home along the deserted road, watching the stars come out in the clear violet sky. They flashed softly into the limpid heavens, like jewels let fall into clear water. They were a reproach, he felt, to a sordid world.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1994, The Lion King, Be Prepared musical number",
          "text": "I know it sounds sordid but you'll be rewarded, when at last I've been given my dues."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, John C. Roberts, concurrence and dissent in part in League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry, 548 U.S. 399 (2006)",
          "text": "It is a sordid business, this divvying us up by race."
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "Of a dull colour."
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      "ipa": "/ˈsɔː.dɪd/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɔɹdɪd/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)dɪd"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "sorted (in some varieties)"
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    {
      "audio": "En-us-sordid.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/En-us-sordid.ogg",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "unclean"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gaden",
      "sense": "distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible",
      "word": "гаден"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podǎl",
      "sense": "distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible",
      "word": "подъл"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bēibǐ",
      "sense": "distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible",
      "word": "卑鄙"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible",
      "word": "下賤"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiàjiàn",
      "sense": "distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible",
      "word": "下贱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible",
      "word": "nechutný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible",
      "word": "hnusný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible",
      "word": "odporný"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible",
      "word": "verachtelijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible",
      "word": "mauton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible",
      "word": "tyylitön"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "gáden",
      "sense": "distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible",
      "word": "га́ден"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pódol",
      "sense": "distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible",
      "word": "по́дол"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible",
      "word": "tautau(w)hea"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible",
      "word": "whakatautau(w)hea"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ohydnyj",
      "sense": "distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "огидний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "merzennyj",
      "sense": "distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мерзенний"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mrǎsen",
      "sense": "dirty or squalid",
      "word": "мръсен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "dirty or squalid",
      "word": "sòrdid"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "dirty or squalid",
      "word": "不潔"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bùjié",
      "sense": "dirty or squalid",
      "word": "不洁"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "dirty or squalid",
      "word": "污穢"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "dirty or squalid",
      "word": "汙穢"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "dirty or squalid",
      "word": "污秽"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "dirty or squalid",
      "word": "污秽"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wūhuì",
      "sense": "dirty or squalid",
      "word": "污秽"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "dirty or squalid",
      "word": "odporný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "dirty or squalid",
      "word": "špinavý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "dirty or squalid",
      "word": "zaplivaný"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "dirty or squalid",
      "word": "smerig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "dirty or squalid",
      "word": "likainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "dirty or squalid",
      "word": "kurja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "dirty or squalid",
      "word": "rähjäinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "dirty or squalid",
      "word": "saastainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "dirty or squalid",
      "word": "saleté"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "dirty or squalid",
      "word": "dreckig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "dirty or squalid",
      "word": "schäbig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "dirty or squalid",
      "word": "schmutzig"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "dirty or squalid",
      "word": "piszkos"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "dirty or squalid",
      "word": "szennyes"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "dirty or squalid",
      "word": "salach"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "dirty or squalid",
      "word": "sordidus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "válkan",
      "sense": "dirty or squalid",
      "word": "ва́лкан"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "gnásen",
      "sense": "dirty or squalid",
      "word": "гна́сен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "dirty or squalid",
      "word": "poke"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "dirty or squalid",
      "word": "schmutzich"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "grjáznyj",
      "sense": "dirty or squalid",
      "word": "гря́зный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "dirty or squalid",
      "word": "sórdido"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "brudnyj",
      "sense": "dirty or squalid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "брудний"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "dirty or squalid",
      "word": "bawaidd"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "morally degrading",
      "word": "pistë"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bezčesten",
      "sense": "morally degrading",
      "word": "безчестен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "morally degrading",
      "word": "sòrdid"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "morally degrading",
      "word": "smerig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "morally degrading",
      "word": "moraalisesti alhainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "morally degrading",
      "word": "halpamainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "morally degrading",
      "word": "sordide"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "morally degrading",
      "word": "schmutzig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "morally degrading",
      "word": "schäbig"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "morally degrading",
      "word": "hitvány"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "morally degrading",
      "word": "közönséges"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "morally degrading",
      "word": "suarach"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "bésčesen",
      "sense": "morally degrading",
      "word": "бе́счесен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nízok",
      "sense": "morally degrading",
      "word": "ни́зок"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "morally degrading",
      "word": "poke"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "morally degrading",
      "word": "schmutzich"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "morally degrading",
      "word": "sórdido"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opustivšijsja",
      "sense": "morally degrading",
      "word": "опустившийся"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nízkij",
      "sense": "morally degrading",
      "word": "ни́зкий"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "morally degrading",
      "word": "sórdido"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "morally degrading",
      "word": "iselwael"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "alčen",
      "sense": "grasping",
      "word": "алчен"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "grasping",
      "word": "gierig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "grasping",
      "word": "avide"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "grasping",
      "word": "geizig"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "grasping",
      "word": "anyagias"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "grasping",
      "word": "kapzsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "grasping",
      "word": "zsugori"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "álčen",
      "sense": "grasping",
      "word": "а́лчен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "korýstnyj",
      "sense": "grasping",
      "word": "коры́стный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žádnyj",
      "sense": "grasping",
      "word": "жа́дный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "grasping",
      "word": "sórdido"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "koryslyvyj",
      "sense": "grasping",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "корисливий"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sordid"
}

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