SEEDY (seedier, seediest)
Dictionary entry overview: What does seedy mean?
• SEEDY (adjective)
The adjective SEEDY has 4 senses:
1. full of seeds
2. shabby and untidy
3. somewhat ill or prone to illness
4. morally degraded
Familiarity information: SEEDY used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• SEEDY (adjective)
Meaning:
Full of seeds
Context example:
as seedy as a fig
Similar:
white-seeded (having white seeds)
three-seeded (having three seeds)
small-seeded (having relatively small seeds)
one-seed; one-seeded; single-seeded (having a single seed)
seeded (having seeds as specified)
seeded (having or supplied with seeds)
multi-seeded; several-seeded (having many seeds)
black-seeded (having black seeds)
Antonym:
seedless (lacking seeds)
Meaning:
Shabby and untidy
Synonyms:
scruffy; seedy
Context examples:
a surge of ragged scruffy children / he was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin
Similar:
worn (affected by wear; damaged by long use)
Meaning:
Somewhat ill or prone to illness
Synonyms:
unwell; under the weather; poorly; peaked; indisposed; ailing; sickly; seedy
Context examples:
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
Similar:
ill; sick (affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function)
Meaning:
Morally degraded
Synonyms:
sordid; squalid; seamy; sleazy; seedy
Context examples:
a seedy district / the seamy side of life / sleazy characters hanging around casinos / sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls / the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils / the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal
Similar:
disreputable (lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance)
