Synonyms: sordid
Definition: meanly avaricious and mercenary
Usage: sordid avarice; sordid material interests
Similar words: acquisitive
Definition: eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas
Usage: an acquisitive mind; an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied
Synonyms: flyblown, squalid, sordid
Definition: foul and run-down and repulsive
Usage: a flyblown bar on the edge of town; a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town; squalid living conditions; sordid shantytowns
Similar words: soiled, dirty, unclean
Definition: soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
Usage: dirty unswept sidewalks; a child in dirty overalls; dirty slums; piles of dirty dishes; put his dirty feet on the clean sheet; wore an unclean shirt; mining is a dirty job; Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves
Definition: unethical or dishonest
Usage: dirty police officers; a sordid political campaign
Similar words: corrupt
Definition: lacking in integrity
Usage: humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation; a corrupt and incompetent city government
Synonyms: seamy, seedy, sordid, squalid, sleazy
Definition: morally degraded
Usage: a seedy district; the seamy side of life; sleazy characters hanging around casinos; sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls- Seattle Weekly; the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils- James Joyce; the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal
Similar words: disreputable
Definition: lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance