- Types Of Speech
- You can use sordid as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Sordid
- A 2 syllables adjective satellite and 6 letters with the letters d, i, o, r, and s, 4 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters rd. Sordid starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters s, so, sor, sord, sordi, and the ending characters are d, id, did, rdid, ordid, ..
- Definition
- Meanly avaricious and mercenary; "sordid avarice"; "sordid material interests"
- Origin/Roots
- Latin
- School Grade
- Sordid is set as a sat word that starts with s, ends with d, 2 syllables, 2 vowels and 6 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is sordid a scrabble word? A 8 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Sordid in Pig Latin is said as "ordidsay or ordidsway".
- Unigram
- s | o | r | d | i | d
- Bigram
- so | or | rd | di | id
- Trigram
- sor | ord | rdi | did
- Quadrigram
- sord | ordi | rdid
- Word Gram
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- meanly avaricious and mercenary;
"sordid avarice";
"sordid material interests" - foul and run-down and repulsive;
"a flyblown bar on the edge of town";
"a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town";
"squalid living conditions";
"sordid shantytowns" - unethical or dishonest;
"dirty police officers";
"a sordid political campaign" - morally degraded;
"a seedy district";
"the seamy side of life";
"sleazy characters hanging around casinos";
"sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly;
"the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce;
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Synonym | Definition |
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Abased | |
Abominable | exceptionally bad or displeasing "atrocious taste" "abominable workmanship" "an awful voice" "dreadful manners" "a painful performance" "terrible handwriting" "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room" |
Acquisitive | eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas "an acquisitive mind" "an aquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied" |
All Devouring | |
Arrant | |
Atrocious | provoking horror "an atrocious automobile accident" "a frightful crime of decapitation" "an alarming, even horrifying, picture" "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill "an ugly wound" |
Avaricious | immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth "they are avaricious and will do anything for money" "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor''s fields" "a grasping old miser" "grasping commercialism" "greedy for money and power" "grew richer and greed |
Avid | marked by active interest and enthusiasm "an avid sports fan" "a great walker" "an eager beaver" |
Awful | causing fear or dread or terror "the awful war" "an awful risk" "dire news" "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked" "the dread presence of the headmaster" "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was" "a dreadful storm" " |
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Anagram | Definition |
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Sordid | meanly avaricious and mercenary "sordid avarice" "sordid material interests" |
View English words with the unique letters used in sordid. Words With The Letters Diors
Similar Word | Definition |
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Acquisitive | eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas; "an acquisitive mind"; "an aquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied" |
Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
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Discord (7 letters) | 11 +3 | 12 +4 | discord | ||
Virusoid (8 letters) | 12 +4 | 14 +6 | virusoid | ||
Orudis (6 letters) | 7 | 8 | orudis | ||
Radio (5 letters) | 6 | 6 | radio | ||
Doris (5 letters) | 6 | 6 | doris | ||
Advisor (7 letters) | 11 +3 | 12 +4 | advisor | ||
Divisor (7 letters) | 11 +3 | 12 +4 | divisor | ||
Corditis (8 letters) | 11 +3 | 12 +4 | corditis | ||
Stridor (7 letters) | 8 | 8 | diorrst | ||
Distort (7 letters) | 8 | 8 | distort | ||
Sordid (6 letters) | 8 | 8 | sordid | ||
Advisory (8 letters) | 15 +7 | 15 +7 | advisory | ||
Sarcoid (7 letters) | 10 +2 | 11 +3 | sarcoid | ||
Advisors (8 letters) | 12 +4 | 13 +5 | advisors | ||
Sudoric (7 letters) | 10 +2 | 12 +4 | sudoric |
Sordid Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With S
- Ends With D
- Spelled With / Contains Letters