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Dictionary: seam·y   (') pronunciation
adj., -i·er, -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.
seaminess seam'i·ness n.

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adj

Definition: corrupt, unwholesome
Antonyms: respectable, salubrious, upright, wholesome


WordNet: seamy
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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: morally degraded
  Synonyms: seedy, sleazy, sordid, squalid


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - med søm, furet, uattraktiv

Nederlands (Dutch)
met een naad, ruw, smerig

Français (French)
adj. - sordide, les dessous/le vilain côté (de la politique)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - faltig, voller Nähte, finster

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - που έχει ραφή, αρέλιαστος, δυσάρεστος, κακόφημος

Italiano (Italian)
provvisto di cuciture, sordido

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - costurado, fissurado, desagradável

Русский (Russian)
со швами наружу, покрытый швами, шрамами, морщинами

Español (Spanish)
adj. - sórdido, arrugado, que tiene costuras, que tiene cicatrices

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - avig, oattraktiv

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
露出线缝的, 丑恶的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 露出線縫的, 醜惡的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 갈라진 틈이 있는, 형편없는, 불쾌한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 縫い目のある, 裏面の, 見苦しい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ألاسوأ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮בעל צלקות או קמטים, שפל, נבזה‬


 
 
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