sordidness
111misery — [n1] pain, mental or physical ache, agony, anguish, anvil chorus, bad news*, blues*, depression, desolation, despair, despondency, discomfort, distress, dolor, gloom, grief, hardship, headache, heartache, hurting, melancholy, pang, passion,… …
112sordes — n. foul or excreted matter. ♦ sordor, n. refuse; sordidness …
113sordid — ► ADJECTIVE 1) involving ignoble actions and motives. 2) dirty or squalid. DERIVATIVES sordidly adverb sordidness noun. ORIGIN Latin sordidus, from sordere be dirty …
114sordidly — sordid ► ADJECTIVE 1) involving ignoble actions and motives. 2) dirty or squalid. DERIVATIVES sordidly adverb sordidness noun. ORIGIN Latin sordidus, from sordere be dirty …
115faithless — [fāth′lis] adj. [ME feithles] 1. not keeping faith; dishonest; disloyal 2. unreliable; undependable 3. lacking faith; unbelieving faithlessly adv. faithlessness n. SYN. FAITHLESS implies failure to adhere as to an oath or obligation [a faithless… …
116sordid — [sôr′did] adj. [Fr sordide < L sordidus < sordes, filth < IE base * swordo(s) , black, dirty > SWARTHY, Ger schwarz] 1. a) dirty; filthy b) squalid; depressingly wretched 2. c) base; ignoble; mean …
117sordor — [sôr′dər] n. [ModL < L sordes, filth: see SORDID] wretchedness or squalor; sordidness …
118dirtiness — noun 1. the state of being unsanitary • Syn: ↑uncleanness • Ant: ↑cleanness • Derivationally related forms: ↑unclean (for: ↑uncleanness), ↑dirty …
119flyblown — adjective 1. spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies flyblown meat a sack of maggoty apricots • Syn: ↑maggoty • Similar to: ↑stale • Derivationally related forms: ↑maggot …
120kitchen — n. 1 the room or area where food is prepared and cooked. 2 (attrib.) of or belonging to the kitchen (kitchen knife; kitchen table). 3 sl. the percussion section of an orchestra. Phrases and idioms: everything but the kitchen sink everything… …
