How to use "sordid" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "sordid" in popular movie and book plots

But it's a world underpinned by sordid compromise, and as Holly exposes its deeply corrupt core, the danger mounts from all angles, for her and Georgia. - Clique (TV series)
Very quickly, the police was being heavily criticised for smothering up the sordid affair. - Andha Naal (1996 film)
A mesmerizing mosaic of criminal characters, a sordid saga of lecherous lust, the thriller unfolds the complex layers of the human mind, so powerfully penned by Sharadindu, now retold by the master movie-maker Anjan Dutt. - Byomkesh Bakshi (2015 film)
Treyarch describes the new characters as "troubled individuals" with "a long and sordid history of past misdeeds". - Call of Duty: Black Ops III
Rosario does not support the sordid atmosphere of reformatory and thanks to the help of dr Alberto Junquera resigns and goes to work in his office. - Pobre juventud
Sebastian dies, and his wife, Sara proud not go where, however, relates to the owner of a tavern not caring that Inés grow in such sordid environment. - La gloria y el infierno
Enraged, Subbu points to Rishi the sordid life he is leading, which makes Rishi leave. - Yevade Subramanyam
The police close in, kill Kingby but don't charge Carola and Caign, who are free to get on with their sordid lives. - Dangerous Partners
Kosloff wants Betty to help him steal the jewel and when she balks he threatens to reveal her sordid past to her new American friends. - The Green Temptation
Barney admits they shouldn't have lied as he loves the story of how he and Robin got together and briefly touch on their sordid histories, only to find out a couple of minutes later that Lowell has died in his chair. - Knight Vision
Alexis is in love with Laura, so he tries to discourage her love for him, without revealing the sordid details, without much luck. - Cafe Metropole
Jimmy Collins (Jeremy Jordan) tells Kyle Bishop (Andy Mientus) that he wants to come clean with Karen about his sordid past. - Opening Night (Smash)
Houlihan (James Crane), who had made advances to Mary previously but had been rejected, goes to Susie and tells her everything concerning Mary's sordid affair. - One Night at Susie's
He apologizes to Tony and thanks him for trying to shield his family from the sordid news. - My Love Came Back
In 1914 Vienna, Elsa Elsbergen volunteers for nursing, but her lies hiding her sordid past are discovered and she is turned down. - A Woman of Experience
Meanwhile, other relatives of Omar and even people close to him and his family does not belong to the most sordid plot plans to put his hands on his fortune. - Cobras & Lagartos
By way of a side-theme Melberg adopts a stray dog, finding that this leads to a meeting with another dog-owner who happens to be the mother of his new detective, Paula Morales; this provides a counterpoint to the increasingly sordid facts being unearthed in the search for the murderer. - The Hidden Child
Complicating matters is the sordid past of Brandon's wife Tess (Evelyn Brent) as well as his sister Marcia's affair with a gangster. - The Crusader (1932 film)
While then, he slowly wins Pearl's approval despite her aversion to his sordid past. - Man in Blues
When Nora hears of this sordid deal from the lips of dr Mason, she kills him with a gun her adoptive "mother"(Charlotte Walker) has recently bought. - Scarlet Pages
But these three have their own sordid pasts to deal with as well. - Crimson Alliance
She tries to escape him, but he chases her as far as a sordid alley behind the Palais-Royal where she disappears. - Gambara (short story)
There is no way left for her to extricate herself from the sordid relationship except death. - Samantharam
Will she ever be able to reveal her sordid past without sending the emotionally fragile Steve off the deep end. - Because of You (film)
The author delivers fragments of this life through a long monologue, starting with tales of sordid and violent episodes of childhood in the Havana neighborhood of Jesus Maria. - Last Rumba in Havana
Continuing to speak to the apparently sleeping hitchhiker, Monette expressed his anger at her irresponsibility and ill-concern as to how this debt would ultimately affect their college student daughter (who is unaware of her mother's sordid antics). - Mute (short story)
Carrying through her previous warnings, she takes her revenge and Pierre finds himself consigned back to his old haunt, the sordid White Coffin Club. - The Triumph of the Rat
Inspector Arjun Singh (Vinod Khanna) of Bombay Police has attained a sordid reputation of being of the most ruthless policemen in India, and is known for his torture and brutality. - Satyamev Jayate (film)
The director falls in love with his muse, and the sordid criminal affair on which the film is based resurfaces. - Road to Nowhere (film)
Shijun’s family (believing Manzhen’s sister works at a sordid occupation) opposes their relationship and tries to match him with a cousin, Shi Cuizhi (Annie Wu). - Eighteen Springs (film)
Infuriated at having been fooled by a body double, Abbott becomes even more obsessed with getting photos of Cherry under sordid circumstances. - Star Island (novel)
Now, almost twenty years later, Hersh is a moderately successful film director, married with three children, who has become embroiled in a sordid sex scandal. - St. Urbain's Horseman
Eventually the boy starts to open up to reveal his sordid story. - Trapped in Silence
The film chronicles Tommy's sordid progression from minor thefts to murder. - No Trees in the Street
As Mary is preparing for her suicide, she tells the sordid story of the Mastersons, involving the imprisonment, rape and torture of her mother who eventually became pregnant with her. - Death of a Ghost Hunter
Ann gets her first big scoop, uncovering a sordid blackmail scheme that involved Velma, Burnett and Marriott. - The Falcon Takes Over
And she starts stealing money to support her mother, who is not dead but an ex-prostitute who is now a hopeless drug addict in a sordid hotel. - Deadlier Than the Male (1956 film)
Finally, she concluded, "I am a sinner full of sordid uncleanness - how shall I even try to speak with my holy uncle. - The Life of Saint Mary the Harlot
Whateley's perusal of the book is cut short by Armitage, who has researched Wilbur's family's sordid past. - The Dunwich Horror (film)
At the end, Marylin Delpy, a junior lawyer for the defense, informs Zuckerberg that they will settle with Saverin, since the sordid details of Facebook's founding and Zuckerberg's own callous attitude will make him highly unsympathetic to a jury. - The Social Network
Initially, Baby refuses, for the fear of the sordid fact tearing apart his married life. - Minnaram
A man is mistaken for a hoodlum and beaten up, leading him to a sordid web of violence and danger. - Incident (film)
Shannon's sordid Hollywood past comes out during the trial. - The Girl from Hollywood
Soon after, we discover his twisted sordid history. - The Satan Killer
The story follows two brothers with a sordid past, Nick and Alan Ryves, who fight demons and monsters. - The Demon's Lexicon
She also reminds them that without their tips and their thirst for gossip and sordid drama, she would be nothing. - The Goodbye Gossip Girl
In a port that is facing the Gulf of Mexico, she establishes herself above a sordid cabaret, and starts “selling love” to the sailors that come from a far. - The Woman of the Port (1934 film)
"The scene throughout is a semi-basement living room in a house near London, a grim and sordid place inhabited for sleeping and eating by a motley group of unmarried young women with babies - already born or about to be hustled into an unfriendly world. - Women of Twilight
Kern almost admits his affection for Mallison on one occasion but he directs the conversation back to his sordid past and the escape attempt. - The Man Between
He receives an invitation to Joanne and Bisto’s wedding, and recalls the sordid reality when he saw Joanne off to Paisley at the end of the European holiday. - Skagboys
Sir John and Jeremy are drawn deep into the notorious Seven Dials area of London, where they must contend with the most sordid inclinations of both the working class and the aristocracy. - The Price of Murder
As Alina begins what she hopes will be her final sordid encounter, it appears that Sheridan and Sender simultaneously embark on a night out in the same town during which a Russian mafia enforcer is killed. - Alina (novel)
As Logan and Wheeler begin to stitch together the pieces, they discover a sordid secret life of sex and deceit that could be a motivating factor in the crime. - Contract (Law & Order: Criminal Intent)
Unwilling to return to New York right away, Savannah eventually begins a sordid affair with Jake despite their backgrounds. - Return to Two Moon Junction
This begins a complicated and baffling case involving the deaths of a few more women, a murdered newspaper reporter who was tracking some aspects of the case and the sordid life of the prostitutes in the city. - The Body Lovers
Holly’s virginity makes her a lucrative prize, and when she is sold to a child trafficker, Patrick embarks on a frantic search through the both beautiful and sordid faces of the country, in an attempt to bring her to safety. - Holly (film)
Mark Hazodo is a rich video-game entrepreneur whose love of games extends into a sordid secret sex life filled with extremes. - SoMa (novel)
So Nolan hastily faked the Shakespearean echoes and out of a sordid plot a hero was born. - Theme of the Traitor and the Hero
However Suman leaves her home in the middle of the night and convinces Sanjay to accompany her to Bijapur where they can track and, if possible, to investigate the sordid tale put an end to the demonic barrier to their love. - Purana Mandir
As the three men wait, each starts to divulge their true reasons for wanting to be filmed, as well as discuss the sordid history of Cassie Wright and her reason for suddenly dropping out of the pornography industry for a year. - Snuff (Palahniuk novel)
In the course of the investigation, in order to clear Sam of the charges, Sally is forced to reveal her sordid past as a dance hall girl. - His Woman
The search for the truth leads him into the turbulent political history of Italy during the seventies and also into obscure corners of modern-day affluent society, exposing the sordid details of a crime that everyone else had forgotten. - Medusa (Dibdin novel)
Getting to know Laura, Betsy likes her (although she envies her beauty) and can't bring herself to tell her about her sordid vampiric life or that Laura herself is the "spawn of Satan" and destined to conquer the world. - Undead and Unappreciated
The whole investigation turns into a maze of political intrigue, sordid greed, and dark passions. - The Chinese Lake Murders
Lucas uses this information to find out Laren's actual name and her sordid past. - Lies My Mother Told Me
Punctuating the sordid record of betrayal is Cruz's awareness of his failing body and his keen attachment to sensual life. - The Death of Artemio Cruz
Ignoring the unconditional love of the novelist Charles Marsden, Nina embarks on a series of sordid affairs before determining to marry an amiable fool, Sam Evans. - Strange Interlude
The late Sebastian's wealthy mother, Violet Venable (Katharine Hepburn), makes every effort to deny and suppress the potentially sordid truth about her son and his demise. - Suddenly, Last Summer (film)
Using the tagline "Sex, drugs and murder", the series is set at the fictional Beacon Hill College and focuses on the sordid lives of the students there. - Bay State (TV series)
They resume their romance, and Eileen leaves Tom and her sordid life. - Pennies from Heaven (1981 film)
Both Barry and Jerry are stunned but fascinated by Cary's sordid and evil story. - Your Friends & Neighbors
Not only does he have a sordid past but he is also involved in some rather unethical activity. - Olive Juice
She had been waylaid and molested by one of her father's subordinates; the family friend knew this sordid tale because he had been the one to kill that subordinate, whose politically connected father meant any trial was infeasible. - Once a Hero (novel)
Angelica, who enjoyed the rape, moves into his sordid flat and shares in the care of the infant. - Bye Bye Monkey
She recounts with equal detachment the heady days of celebrity and the sordid backstage cruelties—including bouts of unexpected violence—as she muses on the nature of stardom and its many pitfalls, which entrap the worshipper as much as the worshipped. - Alma Cogan (novel)
Both tenants withhold sordid secrets from Palmer - Lisa's past involves rape and theft, while Steve is stealing from the Palmer family's possessions to fund his addiction, which is supplemented by buying medical narcotics from Lisa. - Tainted (comics)
Life reflects art for Iwaki and Katou, two adult film stars who are considering retirement from their sordid careers. - Embracing Love
During his stay, Shirō and Sachiko become close while each of the residents' sordid activities are revealed: His father carries on an open affair while his mother lays dying and also cheats the community of its money by cutting corners; the painter is wanted for a crime in another city; the detective threatens to turn the painter in unless he gives her Sachiko to marry; and the doctor knows his diagnoses are wrong, but feels seeking a second opinion too cumbersome. - Jigoku (film)
After an exhaustive search through the records of the Circus and other British government agencies, and a review of the boy's extensive criminal record, Smiley is forced to conclude that the boy was "an irredeemable and habitual monster," that his sordid death was no more than he deserved, and he has never had the slightest connection with the Circus or any other government service. - The Secret Pilgrim
Tsemakh learns of the maid's plight, and threatens to expose the whole sordid mess if the Stupels can't find a Jewish home for the maid. - The Yeshiva
The new Chief Constable of Lothian and Borders Police, James Corbyn, is keen to put any potential controversy from the investigation of these sordid crimes on hold until the focus of the world's media has moved on. - The Naming of the Dead
He has a sordid past; his mother was a kothewali (a woman who dances and entertains rich people privately to earn money), who was probably sold to one of her customers. - Prahaar: The Final Attack
Their investigation into the kidnapper’s sordid past reveals violent coercion, ritualistic killings, and chilling bloodlust―making her terrifying plans for the children abundantly clear. - Eve Dallas
(This was the first of several such attempts by Hawkeye) In an effort to have the colonel relieved of command, they convince him that Frank Burns is a homosexual and that Henry Blake is an alcoholic who is having a sordid affair with the promiscuous Margaret Houlihan. - The Ringbanger
Rita, as it turned out, had a sordid past with bad boy Roger Thorpe which, unfortunately for her, came out during her ensuing murder trial. - Guiding Light (1970–79)
The matriarchal family—known by the Talamasca as the "Mayfair Witches" — have a long and sordid history. - The Witching Hour (novel)
Bill warms to an appreciative Peggy, although she tells him about her sordid past. - Five Came Back
Bill confirms that nothing happened, and Harry viciously chastises him, calling him a "slum slug" with a "slum mind" and claiming that he "confirms stupid sordid little stories just to amuse himself, while everyone else has to run round in circles to get to the root of the matter and smooth the whole thing out". - The Collection (play)
The book opens with would-be stud-for-hire Joe Buck getting ready to leave his rural Texas town, recalling the events that set him upon his sordid path. - Midnight Cowboy (novel)
She refuses, but agrees to reconsider in a year's time, if he has kept his word and abandoned his sordid past for good. - The Gunfighter
Of the other two, the undertaker says both are "nasty" and describes the sordid details. - Undertakers sketch
Some readers have found the novel's events highly disturbing, but the ultimate meaning and value of the work are irreducible to incident; instead, they inhere in the vividly impressionistic style through which these sordid events are both presented and transfigured. - The Lime Twig
After the custody case soon after goes to court, Carter and his lawyers bring up sordid details of Brian's past and personality to destroy his chances of gaining custody, even going as far as to accuse him of using other people as scapegoats for triggering the aforementioned incidents. - Screwed the Pooch
A few days later, while Chad is away for the weekend on business and her parents and siblings are also away, April begins a sordid affair with Perry when he shows up one morning at April's house and uses her shower. - Two Moon Junction
Justin does his best to hide the sordid matter from his "father", but Jordan eventually learns of it. - Cyteen
Among the attendees is Princess Betty Cippola (Lizabeth Scott), a man-hungry social climber who seems to have a sordid history with Gilbert. - Pulp (1972 film)
Stanley sleeps in a separate room from her and is as oblivious to all the sordid antics of his wife, and daughter, initially as the rest of the suburban neighbourhood is. - Intimate Relations (1996 film)
The Earl has a noble pedigree but a somewhat sordid past and a well-deserved reputation for having affairs with married women. - White Mischief (film)
Explaining that her real name is Marion Vergano, she tells him of her sordid past; of the years she spent in prison; and of her association with a heartless gangster, Richard, who was with her on the Mississipi. - Mississippi Mermaid
The sordid bargain of the town charter, "If this be Sin, let Sin be served," gave the dragon reign of the town. - The Oath (Frank E. Peretti novel)
Related (like all the chapters of Ghostwritten) in the first person, Saint Petersburg reveals Latunsky to be an aging woman in an abusive relationship, exaggerating the circumstances of her past and present to render her quite sordid reality glamorous and to give herself hope for a happy, though improbable, future. - Ghostwritten
His hunt takes him to Paris, into a deadly game of predator and prey, and a fateful meeting with the seductive Tylyn Mignonne, a movie star with a sordid past, who may lead Bond to his final target—or his own violent end. - Never Dream of Dying
She repeatedly taunted Maxim with sordid tales of her numerous love affairs. - Rebecca (novel)
The sordid details of sex, violence, bribery, and a high-profile political figure cause it to be picked up by the national media. - I Am Charlotte Simmons
"To be sure, the motive for the crime, or, I should say, crimes, was the sordid one of monetary gain. - The Kidnap Murder Case
She asks him to forget her sordid past and pretend to love her. - King Creole
Once Leonora knows that Edward intends to keep his passion for Nancy chaste, but only wants Nancy to continue to love him from afar, Leonora torments him by making this wish impossible—she pretends to offer to divorce him so he can marry Nancy, but informs Nancy of his sordid sexual history, destroying Nancy's innocent love for him. - The Good Soldier
However, MacCarron reveals to Ripley that Greenleaf has ordered the investigation be dropped and intends giving Ripley a substantial portion of Dickie's income, with the understanding that certain sordid details about his son's past not be revealed. - The Talented Mr. Ripley (film)
Fister) who is often involved in some way in the bizarre conspiracies, sordid sexual escapades, and crimes which lurk behind the workaday appearances of Jack's assignments. - Odd Job Jack
They reveal more of the man's sordid life. - The Mask of Dimitrios
A North Carolina sheriff (Taye Diggs) investigates the near-fatal drug overdose of a working class college girl (Mia Kirshner) and discovers many sordid details of her life before and during her descent into drugs and debauchery. - New Best Friend
In order to undermine his rivals for the throne, Richard has Rivers assassinated and uses his sordid death to damage the Queen's reputation while simultaneously casting doubt on the legitimacy of her sons. - Richard III (1995 film)
To her amazement, he exposes David's sordid past and accuses him of being a blackmailer conning her and threatening him. - A Perfect Murder
Zack then confronts Nomi with the details of her sordid past: her real name is Polly, and she became a runaway and prostitute after her father murdered her mother and then killed himself. - Showgirls

Example sentences for "sordid" in interesting articles

Either way, it’s a big problem and a massive expansion of government surveillance authority.” NSLs have a particularly controversial history. In 2008, Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine blasted the FBI for using NSLs supported by weak evidence and documentation to collect information on Americans, some of which “implicated the target’s First Amendment rights.” “NSLs have a sordid history. - Secret Text in Senate Bill Would Give FBI Warrantless Access to Email Records
Specifically, he cites the downfall of Arthur Andersen accounting."The details of this sordid affair are related in Levitt's excellent book, Take on the Street," Buffett writes.A former chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Levitt not only includes candid anecdotes, but also offers everyday investors ways to protect themselves from Wall Street.18. - Books Warren Buffett thinks you should read
Adjectives like epoch-making, epic, historic, unforgettable, triumphant, age-old, inevitable, inexorable, veritable, are used to dignify the sordid process of international politics, while writing that aims at glorifying war usually takes on an archaic colour, its characteristic words being: realm, throne, chariot, mailed fist, trident, sword, shield, buckler, banner, jackboot, clarion. - George Orwell – Politics and the English Language (1946)
So I doubt that Nevins & Associates or "IDMLOCO" advised their client that the natural and probable consequence of spending $175,000 on this was that sooner or later it would become public and a nearly-forgotten incident would blow up and it would dominate UC Davis search results and make them look sordid and ridiculous. - UC Davis Wondered If $175,000 Would Make the Internet Go Away. Conclusion: No
Leaving aside for the moment the argument that some things that might be sordid and even ugly can also be arousing and satisfying, the main problem with the new anti-porn critics is their naive assumption that if only we could blot out Internet porn, then the utopia of sexual equality would be achieved. - Hard Core: What Porn's Ubiquity Says About Men and Women
Humbler medical practitioners, aware of the sordid history of some medical practices (see: bloodletting, lobotomy, trepanning), weigh the consequences of intervention carefully. - The Measured Man
If some speculation occurs, they are bound to make me out to be a sickie, and to ascribe to me motives of a sordid or "sick" type. - Harvard and the Making of the Unabomber
People have a long and sordid history of being violent toward that which they don't understand.During the week, I'm usually at work—I do data entry and other bits and bobs at a machine shop—then I come home and either catch up on the Internet, or interact with Sidore and Elena. - Married to a Doll: Why One Man Advocates Synthetic Love
When television news airs stories on murdered children, people can complain to each other about the sordid exploitation, the manipulation of tragedy for ratings gain. - The Day Yahoo Decided I Liked Reading About Child Murder

Meaning of "sordid" in English

meanly avaricious and mercenary
Example
- sordid material interests
foul and run-down and repulsive
Examples
- a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town
- squalid living conditions
- sordid shantytowns
unethical or dishonest
Example
- a sordid political campaign
morally degraded
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- the seamy side of life
- sleazy characters hanging around casinos
- sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls
- the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils
- the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal

Meaning of "sordid" in Hindi

कमीना ( Kamina, kameenaa)
मैला ( Maila, mailaa)
गन्दा ( Ganda, gandaa)
लोभी ( Lobhi, lobhee)
लालची ( Lalachi, laalachee)
कंजूस ( Kanjus, kanjoos, kanzus)
कृपण ( Kripan)
घटिया ( Ghatiya, ghatiyaa)

Synonyms of "sordid"

seedy
seamy
sleazy
flyblown
squalid
dirty

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