sordide
French → English
(physical) Squalid: extremely dirty and unpleasant, especially as a result of poverty
Ils vivaient dans un appartement sordide où les murs étaient couverts de moisissure.
(English) They lived in a squalid apartment where the walls were covered in mold.
La ville haute contrastait avec les quartiers sordides situés près du port.
(English) The upper town contrasted with the squalid neighborhoods located near the harbor.
(moral) Sordid: involving ignoble actions and motives; mean or dishonorable
Le détective a découvert les détails sordides de cette affaire de chantage.
(English) The detective discovered the sordid details of this blackmail case.
Son comportement témoigne d'une avarice sordide qui choque ses proches.
(English) His behavior testifies to a sordid (mean) avarice that shocks his relatives.
Entry ID: fr:en:sordide · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary