seediness

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seed·y (s

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adj. seed·i·er, seed·i·est

1. Having many seeds.

2. Resembling seeds or a seed.

3. Worn and shabby; unkempt: "He was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin" (Mark Twain).

4. Tired or sick; unwell.

5. Somewhat disreputable; squalid: a seedy hotel in a run-down neighborhood.

seedi·ly adv.

seedi·ness n.

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Noun

seediness - a lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing

manginess, shabbiness, sleaziness

inelegance - the quality of lacking refinement and good taste

raggedness - shabbiness by virtue of being in rags

Translations

seediness [ˈsiːdɪnɪs] N (= shabbiness) [of hotel, nightclub] → sordidez f, cutrez f (Sp) ; [of clothes] → lo raído, cutrez f (Sp) ; [of person] → pinta f desastrada

seediness [ˈsiːdinɪs] n (= shabbiness) → aspect m miteux

seediness

n (= disreputableness) → Zwielichtigkeit f

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