sordid

sordid
adjective
1) (base) dreckig (abwertend); unehrenhaft, unlauter [Motiv]; unerfreulich [Detail, Geschichte]; (greedy) schmutzig [Geschäft]
2) (squalid) schmutzig; schäbig [Wohnung, Verhältnisse]; heruntergekommen [Stadtviertel]
* * *
['so:did]
adjective
1) ((of a place etc) dirty, mean and poor: a very sordid neighbourhood.) schmutzig
2) ((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-]
adj
1. (dirty) schmutzig; (squalid) schäbig; apartment verkommen, heruntergekommen
2. (pej: disreputable) schmutzig fig
all the \sordid detail[s] all die peinlichen Details
* * *
['sɔːdɪd]
adj
eklig; place, room also verkommen, heruntergekommen; motive schmutzig, niedrig, gemein; conditions, life, story elend, erbärmlich; crime gemein; affair schmutzig

he considers it sordid to discuss money — er hält es für unfein, über Geld zu sprechen

spare me the sordid details — erspar mir die schmutzigen Einzelheiten

* * *
sordid [ˈsɔː(r)dıd] adj (adv sordidly)
1. a) schmutzig
b) schäbig (Wohnung etc), (Hotel etc auch) heruntergekommen
2. fig schmutzig, gemein:
sordid avarice schnöder Geiz
* * *
adjective
1) (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.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Schlagen Sie auch in anderen Wörterbüchern nach:

  • Sordid — Sor did, a. [L. sordidus, fr. sordere to be filthy or dirty; probably akin to E. swart: cf. F. sordide. See {Swart}, a.] 1. Filthy; foul; dirty. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A sordid god; down from his hoary chin A length of beard descends, uncombed,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sordid — SORDÍD, Ă, sordizi, de, adj. (Livr (livresc).) Murdar; dezgustător. ♦ fig. Interesat în mod exagerat; meschin. – Din fr. sordide, lat. sordidus. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  sordíd adj. m., pl …   Dicționar Român

  • Sordid — (v. lat.), 1) schmutzig, unflätig; 2) gemein, geizig; daher Sordidität, Unflätigkeit, Gemeinheit, Niederträchtigkeit …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Sordīd — (lat.), schmutzig, unflätig, geizig; Sordidität, schmutziges Wesen, Geiz …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Sordid — Sordid, vom lat. sordidus, schmutzig; niederträchtig; S.ät, Schmutz; Gemeinheit …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • sordid — I adjective abiectus, abject, abominable, base, corrupt, debased, decayed, defiled, degraded, deteriorated, dilapidated, disgusting, foul, fouled, fulsome, fusty, grimy, gruesome, inliberalis, mucky, odious, repellent, slatternly, slovenly,… …   Law dictionary

  • sordid — 1580s, festering, from L. sordidus dirty, from sordere be dirty, be shabby, related to sordes dirt, from PIE root *swordo black, dirty (Cf. Goth. swarts, O.E. sweart black ). Sense of foul, low, mean first recorded 1610s …   Etymology dictionary

  • sordid — *mean, ignoble, abject Analogous words: *mercenary, venal: squalid, foul, filthy, nasty, *dirty: *contemptible, despicable, sorry, scurvy, cheap, beggarly, shabby …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • sordid — [adj] dirty, bad, low abject, avaricious, base, black, calculated, corrupt, covetous, debauched, degenerate, degraded, despicable, disreputable, dowdy, filthy, foul, grasping, grubby, ignoble, impure, low down, mean, mercenary, miserable, miserly …   New thesaurus

  • sordid — ► ADJECTIVE 1) involving ignoble actions and motives. 2) dirty or squalid. DERIVATIVES sordidly adverb sordidness noun. ORIGIN Latin sordidus, from sordere be dirty …   English terms dictionary

  • sordid — [sôr′did] adj. [Fr sordide < L sordidus < sordes, filth < IE base * swordo(s) , black, dirty > SWARTHY, Ger schwarz] 1. a) dirty; filthy b) squalid; depressingly wretched 2. c) base; ignoble; mean …   English World dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”