Meaning

2 senses

  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

Examples

1 sentences

  1. There is a seamy side to everything.

    ruУ всего есть обратная сторона. — Selena777

    Olya · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Origin

From seam + -y.

From seam + -y.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

seamier, seamiest
Comparativeseamier Lesson
Superlativeseamiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words
Relatedseam
Derivedseamilyseaminess

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
seamseamanseamlesslyseamstressseaplaneseaportsear

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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