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seamy

UK/ˈsiːmi/ US/ˈsimi/ uncommon

adjective

1.

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”
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Origin

From seam + -y.

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