seedy English

Meaning seedy meaning

What does seedy mean?

seedy

— adjective full of seeds as seedy as a fig

— adjective (= scruffy) shabby and untidy a surge of ragged scruffy children he was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin — Mark Twain

— adjective (= seamy, sleazy, sordid, squalid) 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

— adjective (= ailing, indisposed, peaked, poorly, sickly, unwell) 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

Synonyms seedy synonyms

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shabby

squalid

indisposed

sleazy

scruffy

ragged

poorly

dilapidated

threadbare

feverish

ailing

worn-out

void

unwell

under the weather

sordid

sickly

seamy

rickety

ramshackle

peaked

lapsed

decrepit

decayed

bedraggled

battered

wrinkled-up

wretched

weakly

venerable

untidily

unsavory

unorganized

unkempt

unfit

uncleanly

unclean

tumble-down

tatty

sorry

sluttish

slovenly

sloppy

slatternly

skinny

sick

shoddy

shaggy

shady

scrubby

Topics seedy topics

What do people use seedy to talk about?

Social behavior Behavior Good, moral

Bad, immoral

• What words describe a place where bad people often go?
  seedy sleazy haunt den of iniquity