- Sordid; base: "seamy tales of aberrant sexual practices, messy divorces, drug addiction, mental instability, and suicide attempts" (Barbara Goldsmith).
- Having, marked with, or showing a seam.
Dictionary:
seam·y (sē'mē) ![]() |
| Antonyms: seamy |
Definition: corrupt, unwholesome
Antonyms: respectable, salubrious, upright, wholesome
| WordNet: seamy |
The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
morally degraded
Synonyms: seedy, sleazy, sordid, squalid
| Translations: Seamy |
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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