Both Uses of
sordid
in
Harry Potter (#5) and the Order of the Phoenix
- '), then a helicopter that had almost crashed in a field in Surrey, then a famous actress's divorce from her famous husband ('As if we're interested in their sordid affairs,' sniffed Aunt Petunia, who had followed the case obsessively in every magazine she could lay her bony hands on).†
Chpt 1
- Her voice trailed away delicately, leaving them all in no doubt that Professor Trelawney considered her subject above such sordid matters as examinations.†
Chpt 12 *
Definition:
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(sordid) morally degraded; or foul and repulsive