sordidness

sordidness

noun

unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values: Synonym: baseness contemptibility despicableness despicability

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1

His admiration goes out to the characters who defy the sordidness of life and , risking all the dangers of retribution , live beyond good and evil , in magnificence .

他对这样的人物充满敬佩之情；他们蔑视肮脏的生涯，并冒着遭受报复的危险，摆脱善与恶的羁绊，堂堂皇皇地活下去。
2

The sordidness of the blackmail attempt shocked many members of the public .

这种企图勒索的卑鄙行为震动了社会大众。
3

Here life offered nothing but sordidness and wretchedness , both of flesh and spirit ;

这里的生活除了灵与肉的肮脏和悲惨，什么也提供不了。