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[ see-dee ] / ˈsi di / SEE SYNONYMS FOR seedy ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, seed·i·er, seed·i·est.abounding in seed. containing many seeds, as a piece of fruit. gone to seed; bearing seeds. poorly kept; run-down; shabby. shabbily dressed; unkempt: a seedy old tramp. physically run-down; under the weather: He felt a bit seedy after his operation. somewhat disreputable; degraded: a seedy hotel. Origin of seedyFirst recorded in 1565–75; seed + -y1 OTHER WORDS FROM seedyseed·i·ly, adverbseed·i·ness, nounWords nearby seedyseed-snipe, seedstock, seed tick, seedtime, seed vessel, seedy, see eye to eye, see fit, Seeger, seeing, Seeing Eye dog Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for seedyBut beneath all the shiny esteem, the 25-year-old Wright led a seedy double life. The Navy ‘Hero’ Who Pimped an HIV-Positive Teen|M.L. Nestel|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST ME3M was like online sex without the sex: seedy, dehumanized, segmented, and awkward—yet often still erotic. Sneer and Clothing in Miami: Inside The $3 Billion Woodstock of Contemporary Art|Jay Michaelson|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST For the rest of you, here's a seedy little fact: Men of pretty much any age are mainly attracted to 20-year-olds. Heartache by the Numbers and OkCupid’s Founder Has Got Yours|Will Doig|October 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST Gotham may mature into a thrilling mystery that explores corrupt cops and the seedy underworld. Batman Deserves Better Than ‘Gotham’|Sujay Kumar|September 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Boulevard Carnot, the seedy, downtrodden street that leads out of town, proved the point on my last night there. No Movie Stars, No Red Carpet, But Off-Season Cannes Is Still Magic|Liza Foreman|September 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST At Centreville there was one man in the seedy village who said he was for the Union: he was a German. The Boys of '61|Charles Carleton Coffin. Engaged thirty stalwart men: none of your seedy sandwich-board fellows; responsible-looking burghers of all ages and sizes. Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 99., Nov. 1, 1890|Various The corporal looks steadily at Seedy, and is apparently suspicious. Kitty's Conquest|Charles King "You are seedy with staying up, dancing and flirting," said young Merridew, with his imbecile laugh. Hester, Volume 2 (of 3)|Margaret Oliphant You are off your pedestal, have flung away your glass slipper, and changed your triumphal coach into a seedy old pumpkin. The Letters of Charles Dickens|Charles Dickens
British Dictionary definitions for seedy
adjective seedier or seediestshabby or unseemly in appearanceseedy clothes (of a plant) at the stage of producing seeds informal not physically fit; sickly Derived forms of seedyseedily, adverbseediness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to seedyshabby, decaying, dingy, decrepit, grubby, crummy, tacky, sleazy, squalid, scruffy, ailing, beat up, bedraggled, drooping, droopy, faded, frowzy, mangy, messy, neglected |