seedy
/'si:di/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Shabby and untidy in appearance: Describing something or someone that looks worn-out, run-down, or neglected.
- Somewhat ill or prone to illness: Describing a feeling of being unwell, often slightly or temporarily.
- Morally degraded or disreputable: Describing places, situations, or people associated with low moral standards or squalor.
- Full of seeds: Literally containing many seeds, as in a fruit.
Usage Examples
- Shabby and untidy:
- The old hotel had a seedy lobby with faded wallpaper.
- He looked rather seedy in his wrinkled suit.
- Feeling unwell:
- I'm feeling a bit seedy this morning after the long journey.
- She stayed home because she was feeling seedy.
- Morally degraded:
- They avoided the seedy bars on the edge of town.
- The film noir was set in a seedy underworld of crime.
- Full of seeds:
- This watermelon is delicious but very seedy.
- A seedy fig is a sign of good pollination.
Advanced Usage
- "to feel seedy": to feel slightly ill or under the weather.
- I didn't drink much, but I still feel seedy today.
- "a seedy joint": a disreputable or run-down establishment.
- The detective met his informant in a seedy joint downtown.
Variants and Related Words
- Seedily (adverb): in a shabby or disreputable manner.
- The bar was seedily decorated.
- Seediness (noun): the quality of being seedy.
- The seediness of the neighborhood was evident.
Synonyms
- Shabby: worn-out and untidy.
- Squalid: dirty and unpleasant, especially from poverty or neglect.
- Unwell: not in good health.
- Sleazy: sordid, corrupt, or immoral.
Antonyms
- Smart: neat, trim, and stylish in appearance.
- Well: in good health.
- Reputable: having a good reputation.
- Seedless: having no seeds.
Related Phrases
- Past its prime: no longer in its best condition, often contributing to a seedy appearance.
- The once-grand theater is now past its prime and looks quite seedy.
- Down at heel: shabby and poor because of a lack of money.
- The down-at-heel area had several seedy boarding houses.
Adjective
- 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
- 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
- shabby and untidy
- a surge of ragged scruffy children
- he was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin- Mark Twain
- full of seeds
- as seedy as a fig