seamy

Adjective
Synonyms: seedysleazysordidsqualid

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. showing a seam
  2. morally degraded“a seedy district”“the seamy side of life”“sleazy characters hanging around casinos”“sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls — Seattle Weekly”“the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils — James Joyce”“the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal”Synonyms: seedysleazysordidsqualid
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Seamy \Seam"y\, a. Having a seam; containing seams, or showing them. "Many a seamy scar." --Burns. [1913 Webster]

Everything has its fair, as well as its seamy, side. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

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