sordid

Adjective

• meanly avaricious and mercenary
  • sordid avarice
    
  • sordid material interests
    

• foul and run-down and repulsive
  • a flyblown bar on the edge of town
    
  • a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town
    
  • squalid living conditions
    
  • sordid shantytowns
    

• unethical or dishonest
  • dirty police officers
    
  • a sordid political campaign
    

• morally degraded
  • a seedy district
    
  • the seamy side of life
    
  • sleazy characters hanging around casinos
    
  • sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls- Seattle Weekly
    
  • the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils- James Joyce
    
  • the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  flyblown , squalid , dirty , seamy , seedy , sleazy