0 (of a situation) unpleasant because of a connection with dishonest behaviour, violence, and illegal sex:
The film vividly portrays the seamy side of life in London in the early 1970s.
1 unpleasant and sometimes illegal, immoral, or violent:
Every city has its seamy neighborhood.
NOVÉ SLOVÁ
European
May 10, 2021
SLOVO DŇA
Shimmer
seamy