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

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
Writing a sordid prose poem was suddenly a fruitful endeavor.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026

Definition of sordid

Adjective

Because Hostin had no criminal history and cooperated with officers, police said he was issued a summons for trespass and released.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
The arrests were approved by the leaders of the Justice Department’s criminal division, a source told CNN.

— Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 21 July 2026

Definition of criminal

Adjective

Continuing any unsavory conduct right under my nose is probably a form of calling my bluff at this point.

— Melissa Willets, Parents, 19 July 2026
Social media has teemed with unsavory videos of Argentinean misbehavior in the stadiums, including fans hurling racial epithets at a Black American influencer and showering Egyptians with beer.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 16 July 2026

Definition of unsavory

Adjective

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
After the laughter ringing through the room subsides, though, Abela does allow for a moment of reverence — for the HBO drama if not for the disreputable people who populate it.

— Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 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

But the models will often do anything – including unethical steps like hacking – to do that.

— Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
Edward Obayashi, a deputy sheriff and policy adviser who teaches an ethics and policing class in California, said there is nothing unethical about what the governor or the officer did.

— Jessica Hill, Fortune, 15 July 2026

Definition of unethical

Adjective

Grass skirts fly as women perform the wicked-fast Tahitian Otea dance, and the audience holds its breath during the Samoan fire knife performance.

— Tracey Teo, AJC.com, 23 July 2026
Among Ashley’s many sins, none were more wicked than the alienation of club legends, particularly Keegan.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 22 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