sordid

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

Translation

adj. mabaya
base
greedy
mchanga mwenye rangi mchanga

Phrases & Collocations

sordid affair

moyo mchovu

sordid details

majibu ya mchovu

sordid behavior

uwekaji wa mchovu

Example Sentences

bestial and sordid drunkenness.

mashambulizi na mabaya ya mauti.

I want no part of this sordid business.

Sina jina la kuchangia katika bidhaa hii ya makavu.

the sordid underside of the glamorous 1980s.

moyo mpya wa makavu ya miaka ya 1980 ya mazuri.

the story paints a sordid picture of bribes and scams.

kisahili kinaonyesha picha ya maziki kwa mafuta na mafuta.

The poor family lived in a sordid hut.

Familia ya binafsi alijifunua katika nyumba ya makavu.

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

Nimewasha migu na bidhaa ya makavu yote.

the overcrowded housing conditions were sordid and degrading.

mipango ya uchawi uliyochawi mrefu yalikuwa mabaya na yaliyosababisha mshindi.

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

nyumba zilizowaka zilikuwa zimewekwa na mafua sana kwa mafua.

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

Wandishi wa habari wameonyesha kizuizi cha ajabu katika kutoripoti maelezo yote ya machoni ya kesi.

Real-world Examples

It was terrible, and sordid, and boring.

Hakika ilikuwa mabaya, na mazuri, na mazuri.

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.

Mipango ya Tazama ya Uchaguzi wa Mwanzo hawajiuza mazuri ya mdomo wao kwa kila mazuri kama maelezo.

Source: Yes, Minister Season 1

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

Hakika ilikuwa kwa mafanikio ya mazuri ya mazuri ya naturalism.

Source: Crash Course in Drama

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

Mipango yangu ilikuwa mazuri na mazuri, mazuri ya kisikio ya Katoliki ya Eire.

Source: What it takes: Celebrity Interviews

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

Kwa muda huu, miji ya chini walitazama mazuri ya kazi na mazingira ya kila mwanamme.

Source: TED-Ed (video version)

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

Wanakumbua historia ya mpya ya mpya kutoka kwa mazuri ya mazuri ya Kisiwa ya Okunoshima.

Source: CNN 10 Student English April 2018 Compilation

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

Sawa, kabla ya unapata mazuri ya mazuri kwenye mdomo yako ...-Alikuwa mazuri ya mazuri yangu.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 4

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

Hakika ilikuwa mazuri ya mazuri, na mimi sio mazuri kwa kusaidia mazuri yake.

Source: The Moon and Sixpence (Condensed Version)

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

Kila mazuri ya mazuri ya mazuri, kama kwa mazuri ya mazuri, unapungua kwenye mazuri ya mazuri.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 1

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

Alikuwa na mazuri ya mazuri kwa kusafiri kwa mazuri ya mazuri ya mazuri ya mazuri ya mazuri ya mazuri ya mazuri.

Source: Gone with the Wind

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