seamy
/ˈsiːmi
/adjective (seamier, seamiest)
Sordid and disreputable: a seamy sex scandal...
- Nevertheless, I do not see sex between consenting adults as seamy, sleazy or even necessarily steamy.
- To me, the deepest feeling I have about this field is that it is a bitter experience to see the seamy side of life.
- Yes, that's the thing that disturbs me, because there are so many people who apparently want to hear the seamy side of life about people who are in trouble.
Synonyms
sordid, disreputable, seedy, sleazy, corrupt, shameful, low, dark, squalid, unwholesome, unsavoury, rough, mean, nasty, unpleasant
Derivatives
seaminess
- The poet stitches his epic out of speech's defects, not its seemlinesses or even its seaminess.
- Pine's saxwork has the seaminess necessary for a private dick of dubious past.