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(adj) seamy, sordid, squalid, sleazy
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
(adj) ailing, under the weather, indisposed, poorly, unwell, peaked, sickly
somewhat ill or prone to illness
my poor ailing grandmother; feeling a bit indisposed today; you look a little peaked; feeling poorly; a sickly child; is unwell and can't come to work
(adj) scruffy
shabby and untidy
a surge of ragged scruffy children; he was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin- Mark Twain