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seamy

/ˈsiːmi/

seamy adjective: sordid, squalid or corrupt.

Adjective

seamy (comparative seamier, superlative seamiest)

  1. Sordid, squalid or corrupt.
    • Lou Reed, lead singer of the Velvet Underground, veteran chronicler of life's wilder, seamier and more desperate side and one of the most influential and distinctive songwriters of his generation has died at the age of 71.2013, Sam Jones, Shiv Malik, “Lou Reed, lead singer of Velvet Undergound, dies aged 71”, in The Guardian Online
    • She just hadn't been aware, having considered such tales rather seamy while growing up.1987, David Brin, The Uplift War, Phantasia Press
  2. Having or showing a seam.
    • The fathers with broad belts under their suits
      And seamy foreheads; mothers loud and fat;1964, Philip Larkin, ”The Whitsun Weddings”, Faber & Faber

seamy meaning in Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

seamy in Bengali

নোংরা, জীর্ণ, দুর্নীতিগ্রস্ত, সিলাই আছে, দেখা যাচ্ছে এমন

seamy in Malayalam

disreputable, sordid, seedy
ഹീനമായ, അധമമായ, വൃത്തികെട്ട, പ്രാകൃതമായ, അപകീർത്തികരമായ, നിന്ദ്യം

seamy in Kannada

ಕೊಳಕಾದ, ಅಸಹ್ಯಕರ, ನಿಕೃಷ್ಟ, ಕೀಳಾದ

Forms of seamy

comparativeseamier
superlativeseamiest

Origin of seamy

From seam + -y.

Words formed from seamy

Words that rhyme with seamy

Questions about seamy

What does seamy mean?
Seamy means sordid, squalid or corrupt.
What is seamy in Bengali?
Seamy in Bengali is নোংরা, জীর্ণ, দুর্নীতিগ্রস্ত. See Seamy meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is seamy?
Seamy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce seamy?
Seamy is pronounced /ˈsiːmi/.

Words near seamy in the dictionary

  1. seamstress
  2. seamstresses
  3. seamstressing
  4. seamstressy
  5. Seamus
  6. seamy
  7. seamyrtle
  8. sean
  9. Seanad Éireann
  10. seance
  11. seanced

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: seamy (page history and authors); seamy (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); seamy (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); seamy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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