seedy

[ see-dee ]

/ ˈsi di /

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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 seedy

First recorded in 1565–75; seed + -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM seedy

seed·i·ly, adverb seed·i·ness, noun

Words nearby seedy

seedling, seedpod, seedsman, seedstock, seedtime, seedy, seeger, seeing, seeing eye dog, seeing glass, seeing is believing

Example sentences from the Web for seediness

In 1990, Twin Peaks gave the world a nightmare vision into the seediness beneath the placid veneer of small-town America.

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A casual visitor might suppose this place to be a temple dedicated to the Genius of Seediness.

The Pickwick Papers |Charles Dickens
According to Biddy, Cleopatra had "something up her sleeve," something her excuse of "seediness" was meant to cover.

It Happened in Egypt |C. N. Williamson
Here they appear a motley congregation, a curious agglomeration of seediness.

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 447 |Various

A casual visitor might suppose this place to be a Temple dedicated to the Genius of Seediness.

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2) |Charles Dickens
"A mouse," I said, and forgot my seediness; I was interested.

A Book of Ghosts |Sabine Baring-Gould

British Dictionary definitions for seediness

seedy

/ (ˈsiːdɪ) /

adjective seedier or seediest

shabby or unseemly in appearance seedy clothes

(of a plant) at the stage of producing seeds

informal not physically fit; sickly

Derived forms of seedy

seedily, adverb seediness, noun

BROWSE DICTIONARY

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seedy

adjective, seed·i·er, seed·i·est.

Origin of seedy

OTHER WORDS FROM seedy

Words nearby seedy

Example sentences from the Web for seediness

British Dictionary definitions for seediness

adjective seedier or seediest

Derived forms of seedy

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

seedy

adjective, seed·i·er, seed·i·est.

Origin of seedy

OTHER WORDS FROM seedy

Words nearby seedy

Words related to seediness

Example sentences from the Web for seediness

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adjective seedier or seediest

Derived forms of seedy

British Dictionary definitions for seediness