Definitions of sordid:

• adjective:   meanly avaricious and mercenary

  Example: "Sordid avarice"

• adjective:   unethical or dishonest

  Example: "A sordid political campaign"

• adjective:   foul and run-down and repulsive

  Example: "Sordid shantytowns"

• adjective:   morally degraded

  Example: "The sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils- James Joyce"