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1 sordid
sordid ['sɔ:dɪd](a) (dirty, wretched) sordide, misérable;∎ they live in extremely sordid conditions ils vivent dans des conditions vraiment sordides(b) (base, loathsome) sordide, infâme, vil;∎ they've got sordid little minds ce sont des esprits mesquins et sordides;∎ a sordid affair une affaire sordide;∎ I'll spare you the sordid details je vous épargnerai les détails sordides -
2 sordid
adjective1) (base) dreckig (abwertend); unehrenhaft, unlauter [Motiv]; unerfreulich [Detail, Geschichte]; (greedy) schmutzig [Geschäft]2) (squalid) schmutzig; schäbig [Wohnung, Verhältnisse]; heruntergekommen [Stadtviertel]* * *['so:did]1) ((of a place etc) dirty, mean and poor: a very sordid neighbourhood.) schmutzig2) ((of a person's behaviour etc) showing low standards or ideals etc; not very pleasant or admirable: The whole affair was rather sordid.) schmutzig•- academic.ru/111414/sordidly">sordidly- sordidness* * *sor·did[ˈsɔ:dɪd, AM ˈsɔ:r-]all the \sordid detail[s] all die peinlichen Details* * *['sɔːdɪd]adjeklig; place, room also verkommen, heruntergekommen; motive schmutzig, niedrig, gemein; conditions, life, story elend, erbärmlich; crime gemein; affair schmutzighe considers it sordid to discuss money — er hält es für unfein, über Geld zu sprechen
* * *sordid [ˈsɔː(r)dıd] adj (adv sordidly)1. a) schmutzigb) schäbig (Wohnung etc), (Hotel etc auch) heruntergekommen2. fig schmutzig, gemein:sordid avarice schnöder Geiz* * *adjective1) (base) dreckig (abwertend); unehrenhaft, unlauter [Motiv]; unerfreulich [Detail, Geschichte]; (greedy) schmutzig [Geschäft]2) (squalid) schmutzig; schäbig [Wohnung, Verhältnisse]; heruntergekommen [Stadtviertel]* * *adj.schmutzig adj.schäbig adj.
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