seaminess
Quality of squalor
Seaminess is the quality of being sordid, squalid, or morally degraded.
The word derives from seamy, which originally described the rough underside of a garment where seams are visible—the hidden, unfinished part not meant for display.
By extension, seaminess suggests the unsavory aspects lurking beneath a respectable surface: the seaminess of the sex trade, the seaminess of backroom politics.
Tawdry moral quality
- squalorDirty, degraded living conditions
- seedinessState of being dilapidated
- tawdrinessShowy yet cheap quality
- shabbinessWorn, neglected condition
vice · depravity · corruption · immorality · filth · grime · decadence · degradation
Offensive coarseness in manner
- crudenessLack of sophistication
- raunchinessCrude sexual vulgarity
- ribaldryVulgar or indecent humor
- obscenityIndecent word or act
lewdness · profanity · indelicacy · earthiness · bawdiness · crassness · tactlessness · uncouthness
sleaze
Tawdry moral quality
- squalorDirty, degraded living conditions
- seedinessState of being dilapidated
- tawdrinessShowy yet cheap quality
shabbiness · vice · depravity · corruption · immorality · filth · grime · decadence · degradation · disrepute
vulgarity
Offensive coarseness in manner
- crudenessLack of sophistication
- raunchinessCrude sexual vulgarity
- ribaldryVulgar or indecent humor
obscenity · lewdness · profanity · indelicacy · earthiness · bawdiness · crassness · tactlessness · uncouthness · bluntness
stitching
Joining with needle, thread
seaming · needlework · joining · piecing · quilting · patchwork · tacking · basting · darning · mending
seaminesswholesomeness
Quality of being good
purity · virtue · innocence · uprightness · decency
seaminessrespectability
Moral and social worthiness
propriety · honorability · refinement · decorum · gentility
seaminesswholesomeness
Quality of being good
pleasantness · cleanliness · elegance · tastefulness · refinement