Translations for „sordidness“ in the English » German Dictionary

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sor·did·ness [ˈsɔ:dɪdnəs, Am ˈsɔ:r-] N no pl

1. sordidness:

sordidness (dirtiness)

Schmutzigkeit f

sordidness (squalidness)

Schäbigkeit f

sordidness (squalidness)

Verkommenheit f

2. sordidness pej (dishonourableness):

sordidness

Schändlichkeit f

sordidness

Schmutzigkeit f fig

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It works very effectively in communicating a bordello-style sordidness.

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These past dopers appear to be engaged in a war of sordidness.

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The sordidness of the plot overpowered the credibility of the characters and the film was spurned by public and critics.

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His themes come from his personal interactions with its urban milieu - its sickness and sordidness, its violence and vulnerability and all that compounds its existential agony.

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That it's taking place at a time of war only magnifies its sordidness.

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This is not their first whiff of corruption or other sordidness.

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There's more sordidness in this tale though, than just the change to the man in the sticks.

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