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.

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Origin of seedy

First recorded in 1565–75; seed + -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM seedy

seed·i·ly, adverbseed·i·ness, noun

Words nearby seedy

seed-snipe, seedstock, seed tick, seedtime, seed vessel, seedy, see eye to eye, see fit, Seeger, seeing, Seeing Eye dog

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How to use seedy in a sentence

Meanwhile, just because lawmakers are responding to natural disasters with environmental votes doesn’t mean they aren’t seeing other, seedier kinds of legislative opportunities from the same event.
How Natural Disasters Can Change A Politician|Maggie Koerth (maggie.koerth-baker@fivethirtyeight.com)|September 30, 2022|FiveThirtyEight
Aykroyd drunk in a dirty Santa suit perfectly captures the seedy irony at the heart of this commercial holiday.
11 Dark Christmas Movies to Watch If You’re Not Quite Feeling the Holiday Spirit|Peg Aloi|December 20, 2021|Time
Even if the site wasn’t “seedy” and offered cancer treatment advice as well as investment advice, there would be a severe lack of identity.
Taking your SEO content beyond the acquisition|Mordy Oberstein|February 2, 2021|Search Engine Watch
Everybody knows the Hollywood pawnshop tropes — the creepy guy smoking behind the counter in a seedy corner store, taking a stolen television off someone’s hands, probably so they can go buy drugs.
It’s easy to assume pawnshops are doing great in the pandemic. It’s also wrong.|Emily Stewart|November 30, 2020|Vox

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.
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
There was a seedy old chest, and an old hair trunk with the hinges broke.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
He appears to be seedy, but has been quite hopeless as Sirdar down in the base camp and is without authority.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921|Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury
He was a seedy individual, with a face that was horribly pockmarked.
From Farm to Fortune|Horatio Alger Jr.
Devilish cold,' he added pettishly, 'standing at that door, wasting one's time with such seedy vagabonds!'
The Pickwick Papers|Charles Dickens
He did not extend his hand, but stood still, in his seedy clothes and his coat buttoned to his chin, to hide his lack of a shirt.
Sevenoaks|J. G. Holland

British Dictionary definitions for seedy

seedy

/ (ˈsiːdɪ) /

adjective seedier or seediest

shabby or unseemly in appearanceseedy clothes

(of a plant) at the stage of producing seeds

informal not physically fit; sickly

Derived forms of seedy

seedily, adverbseediness, noun

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