Adjective

• S: (adj) seamy, seedy, sleazy, sordid, squalid (morally degraded) "a seedy district"; "the seamy side of life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"; "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly; "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce; "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal"
• S: (adj) flyblown, squalid, sordid (foul and run-down and repulsive) "a flyblown bar on the edge of town"; "a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town"; "squalid living conditions"; "sordid shantytowns"
• similar to
• S: (adj) dirty, soiled, unclean (soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime) "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"
• derivationally related form
• antonym