sordid

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

Translation

adj. rense
base
grådig
dullfarget

Phrases & Collocations

sordid affair

skandaløs saken

sordid details

skandaløse detaljer

sordid behavior

skandaløst oppførsel

Example Sentences

bestial and sordid drunkenness.

bestial og fornedrende fullhet.

I want no part of this sordid business.

Jeg vil ikke ha noe med denne forferdelige saken å gjøre.

the sordid underside of the glamorous 1980s.

den forferdelige bakken under den glimrende 1980-årene.

the story paints a sordid picture of bribes and scams.

historien tegner et forferdelig bilde av økninger og svindel.

The poor family lived in a sordid hut.

Den fattige familien bodde i en forferdelig hytte.

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

Jeg har vasket hænderne av hele den forferdelige saken.

the overcrowded housing conditions were sordid and degrading.

de overfylte bostilstandene var slemme og nedverdigende.

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

Hyttene de bodde i var skurke og skitne utover all forstand.

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

Journalister har utvist bemerkelsesverdig tilbakeholdenhet ved å ikke rapportere alle de skitne detaljene i saken.

Real-world Examples

It was terrible, and sordid, and boring.

Det var forferdelig, og sordid, og trist.

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.

Sjefssjekkstaben for sentrale politiske retningslinjer forbedrer ikke sine høye tanker med noe så sordid som bevis.

Source: Yes, Minister Season 1

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

Det tok mye inspirasjon fra den sordide siden av naturalismen.

Source: Crash Course in Drama

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

Min fortid var sordid og elendig, den elendige irske katolske barndommen.

Source: What it takes: Celebrity Interviews

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

Under denne perioden opplevde de lavere klassene sordide arbeids- og leveforhold.

Source: TED-Ed (video version)

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

De skaper en ny historie som er separert fra den sordide fortiden til Okunoshima-øya.

Source: CNN 10 Student English April 2018 Compilation

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

Okay, før du får en sordid bilde i hodet...-Hun tok min frugtbarhet.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 4

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

Det var en sordid saken, og jeg hadde ikke heller lyst til å bry meg mer om det.

Source: The Moon and Sixpence (Condensed Version)

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

Hver sordid detalj, ned til den boksen med perversjoner, du holder i skapet.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 1

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

Hun følte alltid ubehagelig når hun kjørte forbi denne forferdelige, sordide klynge av avviste leirhytter og slavestuer.

Source: Gone with the Wind

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