Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having many seeds.
- adjective Resembling seeds or a seed.
- adjective Worn and shabby; unkempt.
- adjective Somewhat disreputable; squalid.
- adjective Chiefly British Tired or sick; unwell.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Abounding with seeds; running to seed.
- Having a peculiar flavor, supposed to be derived from weeds growing among the vines: applied to French brandy.
- Full of spawn, as a seed-fish.
- Run to seed; no longer fresh, new, or prosperous; worn-out; shabby; poor: as, a seedy coat; to look rather seedy.
- Looking or feeling wretched, as after a debauch; not well; out of sorts.
- In glass-making, containing the bubbles called
seed . - noun See
sidi .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Abounding with seeds; bearing seeds; having run to seeds.
- adjective Having a peculiar flavor supposed to be derived from the weeds growing among the vines; -- said of certain kinds of French brandy.
- adjective colloq. Old and worn out; exhausted; spiritless; also, poor and miserable looking; shabbily clothed; shabby looking.
- adjective an affection of a horse's foot, in which a cavity filled with horn powder is formed between the laminæ and the wall of the hoof.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
disreputable ;run-down - adjective full of seeds
- adjective
untidy ;unkempt - adjective
infirm ; gone to seed - adjective suffering the effects of a
hangover - adjective colloquial Having a peculiar flavour supposed to be derived from the
weeds growing among thevines ; said of certain kinds ofFrench brandy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective shabby and untidy
- adjective morally degraded
- adjective somewhat ill or prone to illness
- adjective full of seeds
Etymologies
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Examples
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The republicans are engaged in seedy rumor mongering ... in a dark corner whispering campaign.
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And today the visible inequities and inadequacies of the system that turns young people off politically are compounded: our political punch has been spiked with an undetectable component -- untraceable monies that threaten the very foundation of our democracy: freedom of speech freely shared, and not hidden in seedy recesses of election law.
Rizwan A. Rahmani: The Indifference of Younger Voters and Our Imperiled Democracy Rizwan A. Rahmani 2010
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When he stumbles around in seedy motel rooms, drunk beyond reason, we believe him.
Superb Jeff Bridges strikes rich notes in 'Crazy Heart' 2009
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The Good: A top-notch cast has distinguished itself in seedy Atlantic City, under the patient guiding hands of The Sopranos 'Terence Winter and executive producer Martin Scorsese.
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Sun and Shadow took place in seedy, snow-ridden Stockholm (though there is a sunny Spanish interlude); its follow-up, Never End, was set in the intense heat of the Swedish holiday season.
Sunday Salon: heat and cold Maxine 2008
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Sun and Shadow took place in seedy, snow-ridden Stockholm (though there is a sunny Spanish interlude); its follow-up, Never End, was set in the intense heat of the Swedish holiday season.
Sunday Salon: heat and cold Maxine 2008
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Sun and Shadow took place in seedy, snow-ridden Stockholm (though there is a sunny Spanish interlude); its follow-up, Never End, was set in the intense heat of the Swedish holiday season.
April 2008 Maxine 2008
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It just means more women resort to coat hangers in seedy alleys and end up dead.
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Young Greek chefs have been opening restaurants in seedy run-down industrial neighborhoods.
Archive 2007-11-01 Laurie Constantino 2007
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Young Greek chefs have been opening restaurants in seedy run-down industrial neighborhoods.
Seafood in the Heart of Athens (with Recipe for Beet-Yogurt Spread / Σαλάτα με Παντζάρια και Γιαούρτι) Laurie Constantino 2007
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October 28, 2009