sordid

[US]/ˈsɔːdɪd/
[UK]/ˈsɔːrdɪd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. madumi
base
greedy
dull-colored

Phrases & Collocations

sordid affair

kakaibang pangyayari

sordid details

kakaibang detalye

sordid behavior

kakaibang pag-uugali

Example Sentences

bestial and sordid drunkenness.

kasuklam-suklam at makasalanang pagkalasing.

I want no part of this sordid business.

Ayaw kong mapasama sa karumal-rumal na gawain na ito.

the sordid underside of the glamorous 1980s.

ang karumal-rumal na ilalim ng marangyang dekada '80.

the story paints a sordid picture of bribes and scams.

Nagpapakita sa kuwento ng isang kasuklam-suklam na larawan ng mga suhol at panlilinlang.

The poor family lived in a sordid hut.

Isang karumal-rumal na kubo ang tinitirhan ng mahirap na pamilya.

I’ve washed my hands of the whole sordid business.

Nilinis ko na ang mga kamay ko sa buong karumal-rumal na gawain.

the overcrowded housing conditions were sordid and degrading.

Ang mga kondisyon ng tirahan na sobrang dami ng tao ay nakakadismaya at nakakababa.

The huts they lived in were sordid and filthy beyond belief.

Ang mga kubo kung saan sila naninirahan ay nakakadismaya at marumi lampas pa sa paniniwala.

Journalists have exercised remarkable restraint in not reporting all the sordid details of the case.

Nagpakita ng kapansin-pansin na pagpipigil ang mga mamamahayag sa hindi pag-uulat sa lahat ng karumal-dumal na detalye ng kaso.

Real-world Examples

It was terrible, and sordid, and boring.

Ito ay nakakasindak, at napakabastos, at nakakabagot.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 4

The Central Policy Review Staff don't sully their elevated minds with anything as sordid as evidence.

Hindi nila nilulubog ang kanilang mataas na pag-iisip sa anumang bagay na kasing kabastos ng ebidensya.

Source: Yes, Minister Season 1

It took a bunch of inspiration from the sordid side of naturalism.

Kumuha ito ng maraming inspirasyon mula sa madilim na bahagi ng naturalismo.

Source: Crash Course in Drama

My past was sordid and miserable, the miserable Irish Catholic childhood.

Ang aking nakaraan ay napakabastos at malungkot, ang malungkot na pagkabata ng Katolikong Irish.

Source: What it takes: Celebrity Interviews

During this period, the lower classes experienced sordid working and living conditions.

Sa panahong ito, ang mga mabababang uri ng tao ay nakaranas ng napakabastos na mga kondisyon sa pagtatrabaho at pamumuhay.

Source: TED-Ed (video version)

They're creating a new story separate from the sordid past of Okunoshima Island.

Lumilikha sila ng bagong kuwento na hiwalay sa madilim na nakaraan ng Okunoshima Island.

Source: CNN 10 Student English April 2018 Compilation

Okay, before you get some sordid image in your head...-She took my virginity.

Okay, bago ka magkaroon ng isang madilim na imahe sa iyong isipan... - Kinuha niya ang aking pagkabirhen.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 4

It was a sordid business, and I was not inclined to trouble myself with it further.

Ito ay isang napakabastos na gawain, at hindi ako nagustong abalahin pa ang sarili ko dito.

Source: The Moon and Sixpence (Condensed Version)

Every sordid little detail, right down to that box of perversions, you keep in the closet.

Ang bawat napakabastos na detalye, hanggang sa kahon ng mga pagbaluktot na iyon, itinatago mo sa aparador.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 1

She always felt uneasy driving past this dirty, sordid cluster of discarded army tents and slave cabins.

Palagi niyang naramdaman ang pagkabahala sa pagmamaneho malapit sa madumi, napakabastos na kumpol ng mga itinalagang toldilya ng hukbo at kubo ng mga alipin.

Source: Gone with the Wind

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