seamy adj : 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" [syn: {seedy}, {sleazy}, {sordid}, {squalid}] [also: {seamiest}, {seamier}] seamier See {seamy}