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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -sordi-, *sordi*
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WordNet (3.0)
sordid(adj) meanly avaricious and mercenary, Example: sordid avarice; sordid material interests
sordidly(adv) in a sordid or squalid way, Syn. squalidly
sordidness(n) sordid dirtiness, Syn. squalidness, squalor

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Sordid

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, unclean. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Vile; base; gross; mean; as, vulgar, sordid mortals. “To scorn the sordid world.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Meanly avaricious; covetous; niggardly. [ 1913 Webster ]

He may be old,
And yet sordid, who refuses gold. Sir J. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sordidly

n. Sordidness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Sordidly

adv. In a sordid manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sordidness

n. The quality or state of being sordid. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sordine

n. [ It. sordina, sordino, from sordo deaf, dull-sounding, L. surdus. See Surd. ] (Mus.) See Damper, and 5th Mute. [ 1913 Webster ]

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