SEAMY Synonyms: 94 Similar and Opposite Words

seamy

adjective

Definition of seamy

as in sordid

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Recent Examples of seamy Lockjaw’s desire for Perfidia is one of both shame and dominance, a seamy wish to submit to her power as a way to prove its ultimate meaninglessness. — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2025 Up to this point, Cannon’s ability to make things light has kept the seamier parts of his personal life from hurting his career. — Zak Cheney-Rice, Vulture, 15 July 2025 That seamy swagger of Jack Nicholson as über-dirtbag Randle McMurphy in Cuckoo’s Nest could have been shot here yesterday. — Matt Thompson, SPIN, 3 Feb. 2025 Just like Blue Velvet, the painting exposes the seamy underbelly of small-town America. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for seamy

Recent Examples of Synonyms for seamy

Adjective

For the sixth consecutive season, one of the WNBA’s legacy franchises has come apart at the seams, tattering the franchise’s three-championship history with a sordid record that mandates a clear response.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
Perhaps her death has haunted her legacy so tenaciously not just because of its sordid details, but because her art is so imbued with a swirl of both impermanence and vitality.

— Eliza Goodpasture, ARTnews.com, 15 July 2026

Definition of sordid

Adjective

He had not been involved in a criminal case before in the county, King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office spokesperson Casey McNerthney said.

— Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 28 July 2026
Now, the community is about to enter what could be the final chapter in the criminal cases stemming from the state’s deadliest school shooting.

— Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 27 July 2026

Definition of criminal

Adjective

Thatcher’s Elle is trying to reconnect with her disreputable father while battling an evil stepmother and trying to avoid a brutal serial killer.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 27 July 2026
Methanol is sometimes added to mixed drinks at disreputable bars as a cheaper alternative to ethanol, but can cause severe poisoning or death.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 July 2026

Definition of disreputable

Adjective

Some rabbinic readings attribute Lot’s hesitation to leave Sodom to his immoral greed and inordinate wealth.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 July 2026
Court records show that 60-year-old Bradley Kyle Martin, of Dearborn Heights, is charged with using a computer or internet to communicate with another person to commit a crime and accosting children for immoral purposes.

— DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 25 June 2026

Definition of immoral

Adjective

The Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force, which helps root out goods made with unethical labor, helped identify the batch announced Friday.

— Luke Barr, ABC News, 31 July 2026
But the models will often do anything – including unethical steps like hacking – to do that.

— Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 23 July 2026

Definition of unethical

Adjective

Ben Affleck and a Jeopardy alum are putting their wicked smarts to good use.

— Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 30 July 2026
Alli Logout of the punk band Special Interest and rising pop producer Margo XS join forces on a club record whose messy hedonism is matched only by its wicked sense of humor.

— Cameron Cook, Pitchfork, 29 July 2026

Definition of wicked

Adjective

Only in New York, by New Yorkers, even weeks after the Knicks win — still shameful!

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026
But Marie’s past — her shameful affair with a German soldier during occupation — threatens to catch up with her.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026