SEAMIER

SEAMY

seamy, seedy, sleazy, sordid, squalid

(adjective) 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”

seamy

(adjective) showing a seam

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

seamier

comparative form of seamy

Anagrams

• seriema

Source: Wiktionary


SEAMY

Seam"y, a.

Definition: Having a seam; containing seams, or showing them. "Many a seamy scar." Burns. Everything has its fair, as well as its seamy, side. Sir W. Scott.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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