Sordid

Sordid

• (adj) involving immoral or dishonourable actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt. “the story paints a sordid picture of bribes and scams”
  
• (adj) dirty or squalid. the overcrowded housing conditions were sordid and degrading”
  
  

Sordid meaning in Hindi (English to Hindi meaning)

• घटिया,अनैतिक, गंदा, घिनौना

Sordid origin

• late Middle English (as a medical term in the sense ‘purulent’): from French sordide or Latin sordidus, from sordere ‘be dirty’. The current senses date from the early 17th century.

Sordid in a sentence (word usage in recent Hindu newspaper)

• Maharashtra Government Formation: Sordid manipulation by …, Accusing the BJP of “sordid manipulation”, the Left parties on Saturday said it … The Communist Party of India (CPI) described the political …
• The governor isn’t Sherlock Holmes, Your lordships, … elections in Maharashtra will not just be remembered for the sordid … this be an abnegation of Article 212
• (2) of the Constitution of In
  Our Democracy ; worst floats to the top and vile is replaced by …, … Duryodhan and other courtiers who watched that sordid drama were. …. Ram Gaya Ram was a phrase that became popular in Indian politics.
• Reporter’s Take | A sordid tale of govt’s ambitious vaccine project … Get access to India’s fastest growing financial subscriptions service …
• One Full Vote and Half a Life, For India, the world’s largest democracy striving to be a major world … looks away from the sordid reality that India has failed to rid itself of …

Mnemonic trick to remember the meaning of Sordid 

• or obse(ssed)-Qui( yes in frech)-ous=always obsessed with saying yes to it all
• ob + SEQUI + ous .. sequi means sequence where one thing “follows” the other.. and servants follow what their masters say..

Sordid pronunciation