Translations for „seamy“ in the English » German Dictionary

seamy [ˈsi:mi] ADJ

1. seamy (run down):

seamy

heruntergekommen

2. seamy (dodgy):

seamy district, nightspot

zwielichtig

seamy district, nightspot

verrufen

the seamy side of life

die Schattenseite des Lebens

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

the seamy side of life

die Schattenseite des Lebens

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

I was seeing the seamy side of liberalism.

spectator.org

Unlike her more noble peers, she is thought to dwell on the seamy side of public figures' lives.

www.startribune.com

However, these dark areas also prove attractive to the seamier side of human behavior.

www.digitaljournal.com

Now that it is a seamy, bouncy green wicket, not a word is being said.

www.espncricinfo.com

Even though he depicted the seamy side of rural life, he seemed to lean towards its idyllic aspect, as if trying to arrest the advance of civilization.

en.wikipedia.org

You are so caught up in this wriggly, fluffy, adorable puppy that you completely overlook the seamy underbelly of dog ownership.

www.grandforksherald.com

People flocked to a downtown that just decades ago had been a dangerous, seamy zone.

reason.com

With a title that makes no secret of its theme, it looks at the seamy side of the music industry's star-making machinery.

www.latimes.com

On the other hand, there was a seamy side to him.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Writers in this sub-category of realism are said to depict the seamier or more mundane aspects of ordinary life in spare, unadorned language.

en.wikipedia.org