seamy

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.

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seami·ness n.

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seamy

Adjective

[seamier, seamiest] involving the sordid and unpleasant aspects of life, such as crime, prostitution, poverty, and violence

seaminess n

Thesaurus

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" sordid, squalid, sleazy, seedy disreputable - lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance

Translations

seamy [ˈsiːmɪ] adj → sórdido

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seamy [ˈsiːmɪ] adj → louche, mal famé(e)

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seamy [ˈsiːmɪ] adj → zwielichtig;

the seamy side of life → die Schattenseite des Lebens

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seamy [ˈsiːmɪ] adj → malfamato/a; squallido/a