单词	seamy
释义	seamy adjective ˈsē-mē  seamier; seamiest 1 archaic : having the rough side of the seam showing 2 a : unpleasant b : degraded, sordid the seamy side of urban life seaminess noun Example Sentences She was involved in a seamy corruption scandal. Recent Examples on the Web The seamy district of Moldovanka, filled with low-slung buildings and small factories, was to the Jewish community of Odesa what the Lower East Side once was to New York’s Jews. New York Times, 19 Aug. 2022 Having left Naples at 15 — under seamy circumstances gradually revealed in Super-16 flashback — the younger Felice had never intended to come back. Guy Lodge, Variety, 24 May 2022 Her book is seamy, full of score-settling, gossip and backstabbing. Daniel Rasmussen, WSJ, 11 Mar. 2022 His bailiwick is seamy realism, walking the edge of soft-core as lowlife exploiter Larry Clark did with Kids, but never transcending it. Armond White, National Review, 29 Dec. 2021 There are elements of Martin Scorsese’s seamy, violent New York filtered through the comic sensibility of an S. J. Perelman and the experimental whimsy of a Flann O’Brien, and the plot is consistently gripping. Michael Washburn, National Review, 24 Oct. 2021 Because the Woleys’ split had some ostensibly seamy aspects that contrasted with Bryan’s general orderliness, factions of the public—comedians, social media—delighted in mocking the situation. Curtis Sittenfeld, The Atlantic, 16 July 2021 Have their reputations been tarnished by scandals such as Operation Varsity Blues, which exposed the seamy side of college admissions in several of America’s most prominent universities? Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 8 June 2021 Three years later, strange doings are afoot, in a seamy side of England that sees the entrenched upper class feeling threatened by this influx of the extraordinary among them, creating a series of unlikely bedfellows and uneasy alliances. Brian Lowry, CNN, 9 Apr. 2021 See More Word History First Known Use 1605, in the meaning defined at sense 1 seamy adjective as in sordid Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance sordid unsavory criminal disreputable immoral unethical wicked louche shameful shady discreditable disgraceful notorious infamous ignominious shoddy dishonorable opprobrious vile unrespectable despicable dirty nefarious detestable base contemptible bad sinful villainous shy iniquitous miserable evil vicious wretched inglorious rotten unrighteous corrupt depraved reprehensible debauched wrong dissolute mean libertine perverted gamy censurable reprobate debased low degenerate blameworthy blamable loose gamey Antonyms & Near Antonyms moral respectable ethical honorable noble honest reputable good righteous legal upright decent prestigious just esteemed permitted permissible reputed respected decorous proper clean licensed upstanding authorized principled exemplary correct endorsed approved creditable blameless sanctioned commendable seemly guiltless indorsed See More
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