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[ see-mee ] / ˈsi mi / SEE SYNONYMS FOR seamy ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, seam·i·er, seam·i·est.unpleasant or sordid; low; disagreeable: the seamy side of life. having, showing, or of the nature of a seam. Origin of seamy1595–1605; seam + -y1; in transferred senses alluding to the unpresentable appearance of the inside of a garment, i.e., where the seams show SYNONYMS FOR seamy1 squalid, rough, coarse, nasty. SEE SYNONYMS FOR seamy ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM seamyseam·i·ness, nounWords nearby seamyseamoth, seamount, sea mouse, seamster, seamstress, seamy, seamy side, Sean, Seanad Éireann, séance, sea nettle Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for seamyThis is nudity as lifestyle, health, openness — not seamy or steamy. Young, Hot, and Nude: Ryan McGinley’s Body Count|Tim Teeman|October 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST From college coaches to Herman Cain and now Bill Richardson, the seamy stories just keep on coming. Bill Richardson, Herman Cain, Jerry Sandusky: Sex Scandal Saturation|Howard Kurtz|December 2, 2011|DAILY BEAST The seamy side of British democracy was appropriately symbolized. Rupert’s See-No-Evil Tactics|Geoffrey Robertson|July 19, 2011|DAILY BEAST And the disclosure that Abedin is pregnant added an overlay of pathos to the seamy tale. Weiner’s Last Words|Howard Kurtz|June 16, 2011|DAILY BEAST
While some have sailed right past the seamy details, others have seen their careers damaged beyond repair. Randy Quaid Is a Genius Actor—Honest!|Stephen Farber|July 1, 2010|DAILY BEAST Never before have we had the seamy side of glorious war so well depicted. The Little Regiment|Stephen Crane You get to see the seamy side of a civilization, you know, when you live there yourself. You Don't Make Wine Like the Greeks Did|David E. Fisher The first nine satires present a wonderfully vivid picture of the seamy side of life at Rome at the end of the first century. Helps to Latin Translation at Sight|Edmund Luce Of course, the caricaturing of pictures has its seamy as well as its smooth side. The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 (of 2)|Harry Furniss But even war, as the philosopher remarked, has its seamy side, and the enemy did not appear. The War in the Air; Vol. 1|Walter Raleigh.
British Dictionary definitions for seamy
adjective seamier or seamiestshowing the least pleasant aspect; sordid (esp of the inner side of a garment) showing many seams Derived forms of seamyseaminess, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to seamydisturbing, disreputable, unpleasant, nasty, sordid, bad, dark, degraded, disagreeable, disappointing, low, rough, squalid |