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- Dictionaryseam·y/ˈsēmē/
adjective
- 1. sordid and disreputable: "a seamy sex scandal"
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Seamy means having the rough side of the seam showing or unpleasant, degraded, or sordid. Learn more about the word history, synonyms, examples, and usage of seamy from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Seamy means unpleasant and sometimes illegal, immoral, or violent. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts and see translations in other languages.
Seamy definition: unpleasant or sordid; low; disagreeable. See examples of SEAMY used in a sentence.
Things that are seamy have lost all morality. Your mother wouldn't approve of you going to a seamy video arcade, especially not if you went with a group of seamy people. The seamy people at that video arcade could also be called "sleazy" or “a bad crowd.”.
Seamy means unpleasant or sordid, or showing many seams, especially on the inner side of a garment. Learn more about the word origin, synonyms, and usage of seamy with sentences and sources.
Having or showing seams, esp. with rough edges, as the underside of a garment. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Synonyms: squalid. sordid. sleazy. seedy. unwholesome. rough. corrupt. base. unpleasant. Antonyms: upright. wholesome. respectable. salubrious. Other Word Forms of Seamy. Adjective.
Definition of seamy adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
