seamy adj : 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" [syn: seedy, sleazy, sordid, squalid] [also: seamiest, seamier]

English

Adjective

1. sordid, squalid or corrupt
2. having a seam

Derived terms

• seaminess

abhorrent, contemptible, dark, degenerate, degraded, depraved, derogatory, discreditable, dishonorable, disreputable, distasteful, foul, ignoble, ignominious, infamous, inglorious, low, nasty, notorious, odious, repellent, repulsive, rotten, scurvy, shady, shameful, sordid, squalid, ugly, unattractive, unpalatable, unpraiseworthy, unrespectable, unsavory, unseemly, unwholesome, vile