1. morally degraded; corrupt or dishonest
2. dirty and unpleasant; squalid

Examples

• The politician’s sordid dealings with lobbyists were exposed by the investigation.
• She refused to get involved in the sordid business of blackmail.
• The detective uncovered the sordid details of the financial scandal.
• They lived in sordid conditions in the abandoned warehouse.
• The sordid apartment had broken windows and garbage everywhere.
• His sordid past finally caught up with him when the truth came out.