noun
Meaning 1
The quality or state of being sordid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sordidness
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noun
Meaning 2
The product or result of being sordid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Meaning 3
unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: baseness, contemptibility, despicableness, despicability
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unworthiness
noun
Meaning 4
sordid dirtiness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: squalor, squalidness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dirtiness, uncleanness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin sordidusder. Middle English sordid French sordideder. English sordid Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English sordidness From sordid + -ness.