The term 'more sordid' can be described by the crossword solutions gamier (6 letters), seamier (7 letters), MEANER (6 letters), and seedier (7 letters). Gamier means more exciting or interesting in a slightly disreputable way. Seamier implies something that is morally corrupt or disreputable. MEANER suggests something that is unkind, cruel, or spiteful. Finally, seedier implies something that is shabby, disreputable, or sordid. All of these words together describe something that is even more morally corrupt, disreputable, unkind, or sordid than before.