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The Clue
Vile (6 letter answer)
The Answer
SORDID
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Notes
The answer SORDID is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1000 puzzles.
Related Clues
Base
Dishonorable
Gross
Rotten
Seamy
Squalid
Wretched
Morally base
Squalid; depraved
Definition
SORDID as an adjective:
1. (seamy, seedy, sleazy, sordid, squalid) = 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"
2. (dirty, sordid) = unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign"
3. (flyblown, squalid, sordid) = 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"
4. meanly avaricious and mercenary; "sordid avarice"; "sordid material interests"