sordid

Other forms of sordid

comparative

sordidder·

superlative

sordiddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sordid

What does sordid mean?

sordid means "morally degraded". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sordid?

sordid has 2 syllables: sor-did. The stress falls on "sor". In IPA it is /ˈsɔɹdəd/.

What is another word for sordid?

Close synonyms include seamy, seedy, sleazy, squalid, dirty. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sordid a common word?

sordid is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.