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seamy
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective seamy has 2 senses
- seamy(s = adj.all) Array - showing a seam; Array Derived form noun seam1
- seamy(s = adj.all) seedy, sleazy, sordid, squalid - morally degraded; "a seedy district"; "the seamy side of life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"; "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"; "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"; "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal"
CIDE DICTIONARY
seamy, a.
Having a seam; containing seams, or showing them. Burns. [1913 Webster]
"Everything has its fair, as well as its seamy, side."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
seamy, adj. (seamier, seamiest)
1 marked with or showing seams.
2 unpleasant, disreputable (esp. the seamy side).
1 marked with or showing seams.
2 unpleasant, disreputable (esp. the seamy side).
Derivative
seaminess n.
THESAURUS
seamy
abhorrent, contemptible, dark, degenerate, degraded, depraved, derogatory, discreditable, dishonorable, disreputable, distasteful, foul, ignoble, ignominious, infamous, inglorious, low, nasty, notorious, odious, repellent, repulsive, rotten, scurvy, shady, shameful, sordid, squalid, ugly, unattractive, unpalatable, unpraiseworthy, unrespectable, unsavory, unseemly, unwholesome, vile
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