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Traditional English :: sordid
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sordfish.html - adj. 1 dirty or squalid. 2 ignoble, mean, or mercenary. 3 mean or niggardly. 4 dull-coloured. sordidly adv. sordidness n. [F sordide or L sordidus f. sordere be dirty] |
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Traditional English :: sordino
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sordfish.html - n.
(pl. sordini) Mus. a mute for a bowed or wind instrument. [It. f. sordo mute f. L surdus] |
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English Idioms :: sore
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sordfish.html - See: SIGHT FOR SORE EYES. |
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English Idioms :: sore point
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sordfish.html - {n.} A weak or sensitive part; a subject or thing about which someone becomes angry or upset easily. * /Don't ask Uncle John why his business failed; it's a sore spot with him./ Compare: WHERE THE SHOE PINCHES. |
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English Idioms :: sorrow
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sordfish.html - See: DROWN ONE'S SORROWS. |
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English Idioms :: sort
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sordfish.html - See: OF SORTS, IN A WAY also IN A SORT OF WAY. |
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