Definition of Sordidness

1. Noun. Sordid dirtiness.

Exact synonyms: Squalidness, Squalor
Generic synonyms: Dirtiness, Uncleanness
Derivative terms: Sordid, Squalid, Squalid

2. Noun. Unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values.

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

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sordidness

sorcerizes
sorcerizing
sorceror
sorcerors
sorcerous
sorcerously
sorcery
sord
sorda
sordes
sordid
sordider
sordidest
sordidity
sordidly
sordidness (current term)
sordidnesses
sordine
sordines
sordini
sordino
sordo
sordor
sordors
sords
sore
sore-eyed
sore-loser
sore-winner
sore loser

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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