Definition of seedy Seedy
/siˈdi/ - [seedee] - seed•y
We found 15 definitions of seedy from 5 different sources.
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What does seedy mean?
WordNet
Adjectiveseedy, seedier, seediest |
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| seedy - full of seeds; "as seedy as a fig" | ||
| seedless lacking seeds; "seedless grapefruit" | ||
| black-seeded having black seeds | ||
| multi-seeded, several-seeded having many seeds | ||
| seeded sprinkled with seed; "a seeded lawn" | ||
| seeded sprinkled with seed; "a seeded lawn" | ||
| one-seed, one-seeded, single-seeded having a single seed | ||
| small-seeded having relatively small seeds | ||
| three-seeded having three seeds | ||
| seedy - 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" | ||
| seamy, sleazy, sordid, squalid | ||
| disreputable lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance | ||
| seedy - shabby and untidy; "a surge of ragged scruffy children"; "he was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin"- Mark Twain | ||
| scruffy | ||
| worn affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket" | ||
| seedy - 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" | ||
| ailing, indisposed, peaked, poorly, sickly, unwell, under the weather | ||
| ill, sick presaging ill fortune; "ill omens"; "ill predictions"; "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley; "a dead and ominous silence prevailed"; "a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- seedy (Adjective)
disreputable; run-down. - seedy (Adjective)
Full of seeds. - seedy (Adjective)
untidy; unkempt. - seedy (Adjective)
infirm; gone to seed . - seedy (Adjective)
Suffering the effects of a hangover. - seedy (Adjective)
Having a peculiar flavour supposed to be derived from the weeds growing among the vines; said of certain kinds of French brandy.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- seedy (superl.)
Abounding with seeds; bearing seeds; having run to seeds. - seedy (superl.)
Having a peculiar flavor supposed to be derived from the weeds growing among the vines; -- said of certain kinds of French brandy. - seedy (superl.)
Old and worn out; exhausted; spiritless; also, poor and miserable looking; shabbily clothed; shabby looking; as, he looked seedy coat.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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seedy
Poor, pennyless, stiver-cramped, exhausted.
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