seamy

1. Sordid, squalid or corrupt.

   1987, David Brin, The Uplift War, Phantasia Press She just hadn't been aware, having considered such tales rather seamy while growing up.

2. Having or showing a seam.

   1964, Philip Larkin, ”The Whitsun Weddings”, Faber & Faber The fathers with broad belts under their suits And seamy foreheads; mothers loud and fat;

   showing a seam

1. There is a seamy side to everything.

   ruУ всего есть обратная сторона.

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