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; the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal

[ Syn: seamy , seedy , sleazy , squalid ]

unethical or dishonest; dirty police officers; a sordid political campaign

[ Syn: dirty ]

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

[ Syn: flyblown , squalid ]

meanly avaricious and mercenary; sordid avarice; sordid material interests'