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Sordid vs Iniquitous - What's the difference?

sordid | iniquitous |

As adjectives the difference between sordid and iniquitous

is that sordid is dirty or squalid while iniquitous is wicked or sinful.

sordid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Dirty or squalid.
  • Morally degrading.
  • * 1912 ,
    • He rode slowly home along the deserted road, watching the stars come out in the clear violet sky.They flashed softly into the limpid heavens, like jewels let fall into clear water. They were a reproach, he felt, to a sordid world.
  • Grasping.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * sordidity * sordidly * sordidness

    Anagrams

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    iniquitous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • wicked or sinful
  • morally objectionable

    • Synonyms

    * (wicked :) flagitious * (wicked :) nefarious * (morally objectionable :) perverse

    Antonyms

    * (wicked :) righteous * (morally objectionable :) righteous