sórdido

adj.

1 sordid, wicked, depraved, seamy.

2 dingy.

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sórdido

► adjetivo

1 (sucio) squalid, sordid

2 (mezquino) mean

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ADJ

1) (=sucio) dirty, squalid

2) (=inmoral) sordid

3) [palabra] nasty, dirty

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-da adjetivo <lugar/ambiente> squalid; <asunto/libro> sordid

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= sordid, seamy [seamier -comp., seamiest -sup.], seedy [seedier -comp., seediest -sup.], squalid.

Ex. By preserving and ensuring access to the sordid history told in the tales of the tobacco industry documents, there is hope that as a nation we will not allow a repeat of the mistakes and misdeeds of the past.

Ex. In general, the writer explains, crimes are depicted in such a way that they are associated with seamy characters who have little regard for conventional morality.

Ex. The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').

Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.

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* sórdida realidad = shabby reality.

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-da adjetivo <lugar/ambiente> squalid; <asunto/libro> sordid

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= sordid, seamy [seamier -comp., seamiest -sup.], seedy [seedier -comp., seediest -sup.], squalid.

Ex: By preserving and ensuring access to the sordid history told in the tales of the tobacco industry documents, there is hope that as a nation we will not allow a repeat of the mistakes and misdeeds of the past.

Ex: In general, the writer explains, crimes are depicted in such a way that they are associated with seamy characters who have little regard for conventional morality.

Ex: The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').

Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.

* sórdida realidad = shabby reality.

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sórdido -da

adjective

1 (sucio) dirty, squalid, sordid

2 ‹asunto/libro› sordid

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sórdido

◊ -da adjetivo ‹lugar/ambiente› squalid;

‹asunto/libro› sordid
sórdido,-a adjetivo
1 (pobre, mísero) squalid
un lugar sórdido y oscuro, a dark and squalid place
2 (inmoral, indecente, escandaloso) sordid
el libro narra la sórdida vida de un violador, the book is about the sordid existence of a rapist
'sórdido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
escabrosa
- escabroso
- sórdida
- truculenta
- truculento
- antro
English:
seamy
- seedily
- seedy
- sleazy
- sordid
- squalid

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sórdido, -a adj

1. [miserable] squalid

2. [obsceno, perverso] sordid

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sórdido

adj sordid

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sórdido, -da adj

: sordid, dirty, squalid