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Definition of Sordidness
1. Noun. Sordid dirtiness.
Generic synonyms: Dirtiness, Uncleanness
Derivative terms: Sordid, Squalid, Squalid
2. Noun. Unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values.
Generic synonyms: Unworthiness
Derivative terms: Base, Base, Contemptible, Despicable, Despicable, Sordid, Sordid, Sordid
Definition of Sordidness
1. n. The quality or state of being sordid.
Definition of Sordidness
1. Noun. The state or quality of being sordid. ¹
2. Noun. The result or product of being sordid. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sordidness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sordidness
Literary usage of Sordidness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by Fairmount Park Art Association (1903)
"There is nothing more terrible than the sordidness that creeps into the young
lives; never a time when it was more necessary to introduce refining influence ..."
2. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"Of the sordidness of the Supreme Government on the Revenue Side; and of the Palace
of Jeypore. A Great King's Pleasure-house, and the Work of the Servants ..."
3. The Prophet of San Francisco by Louis Freeland Post (1904)
"fellow man, to the State and to the Great Ruler of the Universe; lifting him
immeasurably above the plane of vanity, sordidness and selfishness which now ..."
4. From Sea to Sea by Rudyard Kipling (1900)
"V. Of the sordidness of the Supreme Government on the Revenue Side; and of the
Palace of Jeypore. A Great King's Pleasure- house, and the Work of the ..."
5. A Vocabulary of Criminal Slang, with Some Examples of Common Usages by Louis E. Jackson, C. R. Hellyer (1914)
"Perhaps the possession of such knowledge as is here presented argues a sordidness;
but Gordian knots can be untied only by use of the sword; ..."
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