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 seedy

But 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.

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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.

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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

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 seedy

British Dictionary definitions for seedy

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 seedy

Example sentences from the Web for seedy

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adjective seedier or seediest

Derived forms of seedy

British Dictionary definitions for seedy