sordid

adjective

1. 1

   meanly avaricious and mercenary

   sordid avarice

   sordid material interests

2. 2

   foul and run-down and repulsive

   a flyblown bar on the edge of town

   a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town

3. 3

   unethical or dishonest

   dirty police officers

   a sordid political campaign

4. 4

   morally degraded

   a seedy district

   the seamy side of life