Definitions for seamy

seamy seam·y

Spelling: [see-mee]
IPA: /ˈsi mi/

Seamy is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 68 anagrams from letters in seamy (aemsy).

Definitions for seamy

adjective

  1. unpleasant or sordid; low; disagreeable:
  2. having, showing, or of the nature of a seam.

Origin of seamy

1595-1605; seam + -y1; in transferred senses alluding to the unpresentable appearance of the inside of a garment, i.e., where the sea

Examples for seamy

From college coaches to Herman Cain and now Bill Richardson, the seamy stories just keep on coming.

While some have sailed right past the seamy details, others have seen their careers damaged beyond repair.

And the disclosure that Abedin is pregnant added an overlay of pathos to the seamy tale.

The seamy side of British democracy was appropriately symbolized.

In fact, he was familiar with this seamy side of Providence.

This is nudity as lifestyle, health, openness — not seamy or steamy.

Not but that we see the seamy side too—the depths as well as the heights.

Suppose you come to see the seamy side of me—as you do of everybody?

The seamy side of Santa Ysobel life's recorded in those books.

She knew of life's seamy side as a theory; she could not grasp it as a fact.

Word Value for seamy
Scrable

10

Words with friends

10

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