sordidness

• Nom désignant un état de dégradation morale, de bassesse ou de malpropreté sordide, souvent lié à l'absence de valeurs élevées ou d'honnêteté, et pouvant aussi évoquer un caractère misérable et répugnant.

A noun referring to a state of moral degradation, baseness, or squalid dirtiness, often associated with a lack of higher values or integrity.

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1. Sordid dirtinessC1formal

   The state or quality of being dirty, filthy, or morally degraded.

   Saleté sordide

   • The sordidness of the slums was a shock to the visitors.
   • He was overwhelmed by the sordidness of the crime scene.
   • The novel vividly describes the sordidness of life in the industrial city.

   Synonymesbasenessdegradationdirtinessfilthfilthinessfoulnessnastinesssqualorwretchedness

   Antonymescleanlinessimmaculatenesspurityspotlessnesswholesomeness

2. Unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher valuesC1formal

   The quality of being morally base, ignoble, or lacking in higher principles.

   bassesse morale

   • The sordidness of his motives was revealed during the trial.
   • She was disgusted by the sordidness of the political scandal.
   • The film explores the sordidness of greed and corruption.

   Synonymesbasenessdebasementdepravityignobilitymeannessturpitudevileness

   Antonymeshonorhonourablenessintegrityloftinessmagnanimitynobilityrighteousnessvirtueworthiness