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sordidness

NOUN
ignominy
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NOUN
venality
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Fennell continues to have a gift for exposing the sordidness of money and power.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 11, 2026

Despite the pungent combination of brevity and sordidness, the actors acquit themselves by finding candid portrayals of the condemned classmates.

From New York Times Jan. 12, 2024

But on “Housewives”? This level of sordidness is not what viewers are here for.

From Washington Post Jan. 6, 2023

But you can have a good story without easy sordidness.

From Salon Dec. 10, 2022

They stood up like the teeth of a broken comb, and added to the sordidness of the picture.

From The Men Who Wrought by Ridgwell Cullum




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