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

Jodie is jealous of my friendship with these siblings and is trying to sabotage it by doing background checks on them to reveal any sordid thing that has happened to them or their kids.

— R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of sordid

Adjective

Both of them have erotic fixations with that original Miasma, which requires stepping back into the movie — and the glories of the disreputable genre itself.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of disreputable

Adjective

In addition to the federal investigations, Mills has been accused of misrepresenting his military record, engaging in unethical business dealings, assaulting a girlfriend and stalking an ex-girlfriend.

— Annie Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2026
In one such example, the Government Accountability Office in 2009 tested whether a group of for-profit IRBs could successfully detect a bogus unethical research protocol and reject it.

— Angus Chen, STAT, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of unethical

Adjective

Council member Johnathan Duncan, who represents the city’s southwestern edge, wrote a series of social media posts Monday night that called the city’s efforts shameful.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2026
His greatest series let people see a character who has revealed the filthiest, most shameful parts of themselves, and imagine them as a mirror.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 8 Aug. 2026