Sordid - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

noun

The lowest part or edge of something, especially the part on which it rests or is supported.

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She sat down at the base of a tree

verb

Use (something specified) as the foundation or starting point for something.

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The film is based on a novel by pat conroy

adjective

Without moral principles; ignoble.

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The electorate's baser instincts of greed and selfishness

adjective

Low in price, especially in relation to similar items or services.

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Local buses were reliable and cheap

adverb

At or for a low price.

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A house that was going cheap because of the war

adjective

Costing little money or less than is usual or expected

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After world war ii, the us had cheap labor, cheap energy, cheap raw materials, cheap housing, cheap…

adjective

Deserving contempt; despicable.

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A display of contemptible cowardice

adjective

Deserving blame

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His behavior was contemptible.

adjective

Deserving contempt

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Her behaviour was contemptible.

adjective

Having or showing a willingness to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.

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Unscrupulous logging companies assisted by corrupt officials

verb

Cause to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.

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There is a continuing fear of firms corrupting politicians in the search for contracts

adjective

Dishonest and willing to use your position or power to your own advantage, esp. for money

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It’s been called the most politically corrupt city in the nation., your philosophy is corrupt., pol…

adjective

Of bad quality; worthless or offensive

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A cruddy book that's not worth reading

adjective

Dirty, unpleasant, or of low quality

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They spent their honeymoon in a cruddy beachside hotel., i had a headache and felt cruddy for the r…

adjective

Dirty, unpleasant, or of poor quality.

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A crummy little room

noun

A truck used to transport loggers to and from work.

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The inside of cabooses reflected the conductor's personal habits and the degree of cleanliness vari…

adjective

Of very bad quality

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Crummy weather, a crummy job, a crummy movie

adjective

Reduced in quality or value.

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The debased traditions of sportsmanship

verb

Reduce (something) in quality or value; degrade.

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The love episodes debase the dignity of the drama

adjective

Worse than before, especially morally; less valuable or deserving less respect than before

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He believes that acts of torture reveal how debased we are., our world view has become debased. we …

adjective

Having lost the physical, mental, or moral qualities considered normal and desirable; showing evidence of decline.

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A degenerate form of a higher civilization

noun

An immoral or corrupt person.

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Get out of my house, you degenerate!

verb

Decline or deteriorate physically, mentally, or morally.

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The quality of life had degenerated

adjective

Deserving hatred and contempt.

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A despicable crime

adjective

Morally reprehensible

adjective

Deserving to be hated or strongly criticized

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It was a despicable effort to blackmail voters.

adjective

Covered or marked with an unclean substance.

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A tray of dirty cups and saucers

adverb

Used for emphasis.

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A dirty great slab of stone

verb

Make dirty.

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She didn't like him dirtying her nice clean towels

adjective

Tending to bring harm to a reputation.

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Allegations of discreditable conduct

adjective

Causing or likely to cause a loss of respect for a person, group, or idea

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Their tactics were highly discreditable., defence lawyers may try to bring up discreditable inciden…

adjective

Behaving or prone to behave in an untrustworthy, deceitful, or insincere way.

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He was a dishonest hypocrite prepared to exploit his family

adjective

Not honest

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He’s been dishonest with us, and i’ll never trust him again.

adjective

Bringing shame or disgrace on someone or something.

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His crimes are petty and dishonourable

adjective

A dishonourable action causes embarrassment and a loss of people's respect

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This was a dishonourable attempt to avoid responsibility., they regard killing an unarmed man as di…

adjective

A dishonourable person is not honest or fair, or does not deserve praise and respect

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I know him, and he is not a dishonourable man.

adjective

Not considered to be respectable in character or appearance.

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He was heavy, grubby, and vaguely disreputable

adjective

Not trusted or respected; thought to have a bad character

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Some of the more disreputable newspapers made false claims about her private life., a disreputable …

adjective

Covered with, full of, or resembling dust.

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Dusty old records

adjective

Covered in dust

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Piles of dusty books lay on the floor., we drove along the dusty road., dusty pink

adjective

Slightly grey in colour

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Dusty pink

adjective

Disgustingly dirty.

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A filthy hospital with no sanitation

adverb

To an extreme extent.

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He has become filthy rich

adjective

Extremely dirty

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Trucks poured out clouds of filthy, black smoke., there were beggars in the streets and filth every…

adjective

Offensive to the senses, especially through having a disgusting smell or taste or being dirty.

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A foul odour

noun

(in sport) an unfair or invalid stroke or piece of play, especially one involving interference with an opponent.

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The midfielder was booked for a foul on ford

adverb

Contrary to the rules; unfairly.

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That's the real problem: even guys who want to play fair are under pressure from cheaters to play f…

adjective

Covered with or characterized by grime.

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The grimy industrial city

adjective

Dirty

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The child's face was grimy and streaked with tears.

adjective

Covered with dirt; grimy.

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The grubby face of a young boy

adjective

Dirty or messy

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Grubby old clothes

adjective

Dirty

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He was wearing some old shorts and a grubby t-shirt., don't wipe your grubby hands on my clean towel!

adjective

Grimy; dirty.

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A dark and grungy basement

adjective

(of a person) feeling dirty and that you need to wash, or (of a thing) dirty

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After a 15-hour flight, i felt really grungy.

adjective

(of a person) feeling tired and dirty, or (of a thing) dirty

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He showed up for the interview wearing some grungy old sweatshirt and jeans.

adjective

Unpleasantly sticky.

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After a bunch of hot, humid, icky sticky days, it was pure bliss.

adjective

Unpleasant or disgusting

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Rory thinks peas are icky.

adjective

Unpleasant, especially to look at

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An icky shade of green

adjective

Disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way.

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The louche world of the theatre

adjective

Not completely moral or honest, often in an attractive way

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A louche young man approached her on the dance floor.

adjective

Of less than average height from top to bottom or to the top from the ground.

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The school is a long, low building

noun

A low point, level, or figure.

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His popularity ratings are at an all-time low

adverb

In or into a low position or state.

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She pressed on, bent low to protect her face

adjective

Having very low moral standards of behaviour

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He cannot tolerate low-minded ignorance and stupidity., it is their low-minded focus on cost that h…

adjective

Untidy or dirty.

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His messy hair

adjective

Dirty, unpleasant, or lacking order

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I hate a messy kitchen., he’s got a messy personal life.

adjective

Covered with dirt or filth.

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He took off his mucky boots

adjective

Dirty

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Get your mucky feet off that chair!, don't walk all over my clean floor in your mucky boots., a muc…

adjective

Covered in or full of mud.

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They changed their muddy boots

verb

Cover or fill (something) with mud.

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The linoleum flooring was muddied

adjective

Covered by or containing mud (= wet, sticky earth)

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Don't bring those muddy boots inside!, muddy water, the room has been painted in muddy browns and g…

adjective

Scummy water or another liquid is covered with a layer of an unpleasant substance

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A scummy pool, a scummy part of town, a scummy way to treat someone

adjective

Dirty and unpleasant.

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A scuzzy flat

adjective

Unpleasant and dirty

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A scuzzy little restaurant, a scuzzy guy on the bus tried to talk to me.

adjective

Sordid and disreputable.

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A seamy sex scandal

adjective

Unpleasant and sometimes illegal, immoral, or violent

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Every city has its seamy neighborhood.

adjective

Sordid and disreputable.

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His seedy affair with a soft-porn starlet

adjective

In poor condition through long use or lack of care.

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A conscript in a shabby uniform saluted the car

adjective

Looking old and in bad condition because of wear or lack of care

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The man wore a long, shabby coat., we parked near bobby’s shabby trailer., her salary is $305,000 t…

adjective

Badly made or done.

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We're not paying good money for shoddy goods

noun

An inferior quality yarn or fabric made from the shredded fibre of waste woollen cloth or clippings.

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The production of shoddy and mattress stuffing

adjective

Made or done without care

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The furniture is shoddy and cheap.

adjective

(of a person or situation) sordid, corrupt, or immoral.

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A sleazy private detective

adjective

Morally bad and low in quality, but trying to attract people by a showy appearance or false manner

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He’s a sleazy politician who ignored his responsibilities in order to make his friends rich.

adjective

Sleazy people and places are involved in activities of a low moral standard

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57% of voters think of the government as "sleazy and incompetent"., he spent his twenties hanging o…

adjective

Covered by or resembling slime.

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Thick, slimy mud

adjective

Squalid or unfit for human habitation.

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A slummy neighbourhood

noun

(in liverpool) loose change; coins.

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Got my bag of slummy ready for the next minimum fare being paid with a £20 note

verb

Coat or mark (something) messily or carelessly with a greasy or sticky substance.

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His face was smeared with dirt

noun

A mark or streak of a greasy or sticky substance.

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There was an oil smear on his jacket

noun

A sample of tissue or other material taken from part of the body, spread thinly on a microscope slide for examination, typically for medical diagnosis.

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The smears were stained for cryptosporidium

adjective

Covered with smears (= dirty marks made by spreading a liquid or a thick substance over a surface)

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The dog's nose had made smeary marks on the glass., after a week of travelling, my map had become a…

adjective

Dirty; stained.

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A soiled t-shirt

verb

Make dirty.

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He might soil his expensive suit

verb

Feed (cattle) on fresh-cut green fodder (originally for the purpose of purging them).

adjective

Covered with or coloured like soot.

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His olive skin and sooty eyes

adjective

(of a place) extremely dirty and unpleasant, especially as a result of poverty or neglect.

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The squalid, overcrowded prison

adjective

Extremely dirty, poor, and unpleasant

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The squalid apartment was her first home in the city., he lived in dreadful squalor despite having …

verb

Mark or discolour with something that is not easily removed.

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Her clothing was stained with blood

adjective

Marked or discoloured with something that is not easily removed.

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A stained beer mat

adjective

(of a material or object) coloured by application of a penetrative dye or chemical.

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Stained timber floorboards

adjective

Tending or designed to stick to things on contact.

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Sticky cakes and pastries

noun

A piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side, used for leaving messages or reminders.

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Perfect pictures of sunny days, birthday parties and proms, of boyfriends, girlfriends and parents …

adjective

Difficult to deal with or solve

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A sticky situation, a sticky issue, you had better wash your sticky fingers.

adjective

Showy but cheap and of poor quality.

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Tawdry jewellery

noun

Cheap and gaudy finery.

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I had seen him in procession with his golden crook, preceded by the priests of his diocese, dressed…

adjective

Showy, cheap, and of poor quality

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Tawdry jewelry/furnishings

adjective

Dirty.

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The firm was fined for operating in unclean premises

adjective

Not clean or not pure and therefore likely to cause disease

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Unclean water, unclean kitchens, unclean thoughts/practices

adjective

Disagreeable to taste, smell, or look at.

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They looked at the scanty, unsavoury portions of food doled out to them

adjective

Unpleasant, or morally offensive

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Unsavoury sexual practices, an unsavoury reputation

adjective

Extremely unpleasant.

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He has a vile temper

adjective

Evil or disgusting

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He responded with the vilest language imaginable., a vile mood/temper

adjective

Unpleasant, immoral, and unacceptable

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This vile policy of ethnic cleansing must be stopped.

adjective

Messy or disgusting.

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Yucky green-grey slushy cabbage

adjective

Disgusting or unpleasant

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A yucky green colour