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seamy

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seam·y  (sm)
adj. seam·i·er, seam·i·est
1. Sordid; base: "seamy tales of aberrant sexual practices, messy divorces, drug addiction, mental instability, and suicide attempts" Barbara Goldsmith.
2. Having, marked with, or showing a seam.

seami·ness n.

seamy
Adjective
[seamier, seamiest] involving the sordid and unpleasant aspects of life, such as crime, prostitution, poverty, and violence
seaminess n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.seamy - showing a seam
seamed - having or joined by a seam or seams
2.seamy - 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"
disreputable - lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance
Translations
Spanish seamy [ˈsiːmɪ] adjsórdido
French seamy [ˈsiːmɪ] adjlouche, mal famé(e)
German seamy [ˈsiːmɪ] adjzwielichtig;
the seamy side of life → die Schattenseite des Lebens

Italian seamy [ˈsiːmɪ] adjmalfamato/a; squallido/a

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He is full of quickness and penetration, piercing easily below the clumsy platitudes of Thrasymachus to the real difficulty; he turns out to the light the seamy side of human life, and yet does not lose faith in the just and true.
I have seen a good deal of the seamy side this last week.
He early became acquainted with the seamy as well as the brilliant side of courtly life; for in 1359 he was in the campaign in France and was taken prisoner.
 
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