seedy
About 0.39 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Literal senses: Containing or full of seeds.
Pomegranates are as seedy as any fruit you are likely to see.
- adjective Containing or full of seeds.
Pomegranates are as seedy as any fruit you are likely to see.
- adjective Seedlike; having the flavour of seeds.
- adjective Having a peculiar flavour supposed to be derived from the weeds growing among the vines; said of certain kinds of French brandy.
- adjective Inferior in condition or quality. Shabby, run-down, possibly connected with bad, dishonest or illegal activities, somewhat disreputable.
His seedy, dirt-smudged visage caused her to look at him askance.
- adjective Shabby, run-down, possibly connected with bad, dishonest or illegal activities, somewhat disreputable.
- adjective Untidy, unkempt.
His seedy, dirt-smudged visage caused her to look at him askance.
- adjective Infirm, unwell, gone to seed.
With her aching back and pronounced limp, she was feeling particularly seedy today.
Similar words
seamy squalid scruffy worn debilitated sleazy infirm enfeebled sordid unhealthy
Often followed by
and hotel little old side bar bars part looking
Word family
seedier seediest seedily seediness seedinesses
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