as in sordid
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of seamy
But the underlying accusations were seamy and deeply entangled with Trump’s political rise.
—
Michelle L. Price, Twin Cities, 10 Jan. 2025
On Thursday, there was another closed-door House Ethics Committee meeting to debate whether to release the panel’s report on Gaetz’s seamy doings.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2024
Why did this seamy Trump trial have to be the first?
Sketch in N.Y. apartment turns out to be rare Revolutionary War drawing
Trump’s hush money trial strategy: Deny, delay and denigrate
Measles is more contagious than the coronavirus.
—Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2024
Always seamy, the narcotics trade was largely legal until global prohibition began in the early 20th century.
—Penn Bullock, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2024
See All Example Sentences for seamy
Michelle L. Price, Twin Cities, 10 Jan. 2025
On Thursday, there was another closed-door House Ethics Committee meeting to debate whether to release the panel’s report on Gaetz’s seamy doings.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2024
Why did this seamy Trump trial have to be the first?
Sketch in N.Y. apartment turns out to be rare Revolutionary War drawing
Trump’s hush money trial strategy: Deny, delay and denigrate
Measles is more contagious than the coronavirus.
—Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2024
Always seamy, the narcotics trade was largely legal until global prohibition began in the early 20th century.
—Penn Bullock, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2024
See All Example Sentences for seamy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seamy
Adjective
-
In a state and city so afflicted by the culture of corruption, as the Tribune reported exhaustively last year in a series of pieces tracing our sordid history, federal prosecutors have played an indispensable role in unearthing these stories and making our politicians pay for abusing their offices.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Mar. 2025
-
Guantanamo's sordid past includes top secret torture facilities, the inhumane treatment of Haitian asylum seekers fleeing political violence, a concentration camp for people with HIV, and ongoing brutalization of Muslim detainees after 9/11 who were famously waterboarded and otherwise tortured.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
-
If convicted of criminal infringement of a copyright, Strange faces a maximum of five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.—
Carly Thomas,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Mar. 2025
-
When Natalia Grace was adopted from Ukraine into the Barnett family as a six-year-old child, no one could have foreseen that the situation would devolve into something that spurred court battles, criminal charges, and multiple documentaries and shows.—
Fortesa Latifi,
Rolling Stone,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
-
Dab, buff, polish, and voila! Cell Phones Scratches, germs, bacteria, skin cells...so many unsavory things are being carted around on our cell phones.—
Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott,
Southern Living,
17 Mar. 2025
-
In those days the Everglades were seen as Florida’s ghastly backyard, a region of fearsome reptiles and unsavory characters.—
Stanley Stewart,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
-
Nice, but Trump continues his attacks on free speech through a variety of disreputable strategies.—
Steven Greenhut,
Orange County Register,
2 Mar. 2025
-
Of course being an Agatha Christie yarn set in England 1936, that disreputable unfinished business between the former sweethearts is followed by a violent death.—
Etan Vlessing,
The Hollywood Reporter,
28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
-
And so Rose, immortal on the field, with a bat, was judged immoral off it by the saints who guard baseball’s gate.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2025
-
The campaign materials were unequivocal: Worley believed LGBT influences in society were immoral.—
Nick Penzenstadler,
USA TODAY,
4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
-
Nestlé has also been accused of environmental violations, water privatization concerns, and unethical marketing of baby formula in developing countries.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
-
Research found that professionals who distance themselves from unethical networks are often perceived as more principled and trustworthy.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
-
The two swap places to reunite their divorced parents while also attempting to derail Annie’s dad's engagement to his soon-to-be wicked fiancee, Meredith.—
Kara Nesvig,
Parents,
12 Mar. 2025
-
Linebacker Dre Greenlaw, formerly of San Francisco, is one of those wicked sideline-to-sideline hammers with coverage skills, assuming his Achilles is right.—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
-
Their refusal to follow President Trump's executive order is a shameful, inflammatory political stunt that is inherently anti-woman and an absurd rejection of biological reality.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
-
Proponents of the policy suggested that harboring such shameful secrets made federal workers vulnerable to blackmail by Soviet operatives (though nobody ever quite explained how a gay postal worker posed a threat to the nation).—
Beverly Gage,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Seamy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seamy. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share