Both Uses of
sordid
in
A Prayer for Owen Meany
- Even if my father's identity and his story were painful to my mother—even if their relationship had been so sordid that any revelation of it would shed a continuous, unfavorable light upon both my parents—wasn't my mother being selfish not to tell me anything about my father?†
p. 12.1 *
- Even faintly sordid silliness excited us if it put us in contact with love.†
p. 282.4
Definition:
immoral, dishonest, or disgusting