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seam·y

(sē′mē)

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.

seam′i·ness n.

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seamy

(ˈsiːmɪ)

adj, seamier or seamiest

1. showing the least pleasant aspect; sordid

2. (esp of the inner side of a garment) showing many seams

ˈseaminess n

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seam•y

(ˈsi mi)

adj. seam•i•er, seam•i•est.

1. sordid; low; disagreeable: the seamy side of life.

2. having or showing a seam, esp. the seam of the inside of a garment.

[1595–1605]

seam′i•ness, n.

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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

seamy

adjective sordid, unpleasant, squalid, low, dark, rough, nasty, corrupt, degraded, disagreeable, disreputable, unwholesome, scungy (Austral. & N.Z.) the seamier side of life

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Translations

seamy

[ˈsiːmɪ] ADJ (seamier (compar) (seamiest (superl))) → sórdido, insalubre
the seamy side (fig) → el revés de la medalla

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seamy

[ˈsiːmi] adj (= seedy) [+ area, place] → mal famé(e)
the seamy side of sth → le côté sordide de qch
the seamy side of life → le côté sordide de la vie

seamy

adj (+er) club, bar, person → heruntergekommen; story, area, past → zwielichtig; events, details → schmutzig; the seamy side of life → die Schattenseite des Lebens

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seamy

[ˈsiːmɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fam) (district) → malfamato/a
the seamy side of life → gli aspetti più squallidi della vita

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(We have of course seen Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and Lewis Carroll as detectives in mysteries by various hands.) Patrick Read's The Suppression of Vice (Kingsfield Publications, 2003) is a frothy farce set in seamiest London; it demonstrates that, as Swinburne remarks during his investigation, "Any idea that publishing and bookselling are trades for gentlemen can safely be forgotten.

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Their fictive incarnations in her bestsellers would be welcomed as if they had won a guest spot on the seamiest of talk shows.