seedy (redirected from seedier)

seed·y  (sd)

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.

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seedi·ly adv.

seedi·ness n.

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seedy [ˈsiːdɪ]

adj seedier, seediest

1. shabby or unseemly in appearance seedy clothes

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (of a plant) at the stage of producing seeds

3. Informal not physically fit; sickly

seedily  adv

seediness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	seedy - full of seeds; "as seedy as a fig" seedless - lacking seeds; "seedless grapefruit"
	2.	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"
	3.	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, under the weather, unwell, sickly ill, sick - affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering"
	4.	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" sordid, squalid, seamy, sleazy disreputable - lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance

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seedy

adjective

1. sleazy, sordid, squalid, low, nasty They suck you into their seedy world.

2. shabby, run-down, scruffy, old, worn, faded, decaying, grubby, dilapidated, tatty, unkempt, grotty (slang), crummy (slang), down at heel, slovenly, mangy, manky (Scot. dialect), scungy (Austral. & N.Z.) a seedy hotel close to the red light district
shabby smart, elegant, fashionable, posh (informal, chiefly Brit.), classy, swish (informal, chiefly Brit.), up-market, swanky (informal), top-drawer, ritzy (slang), high-toned

3. (Informal) unwell, ill, poorly (informal), crook (Austral. & N.Z. informal), ailing, sickly, out of sorts, off colour, under the weather (informal), peely-wally (Scot.) All right, are you? Not feeling seedy?

Translations

seedy [ˈsiːdɪ] ADJ (seedier (compar) (seediest (superl)))

1. (= shabby) [hotel, nightclub] → sórdido, de mala muerte, cutre(Sp) ; [clothes] → raído, cutre(Sp) ; [person] → de pinta desastrada
a seedy-looking bar → un bar sórdido, un bar de mala muerte, un bar cutre(Sp)

2. (= unwell) I'm feeling seedy → tengo un poco de mal cuerpo
he looks a bit seedy → tiene mala cara

seedy [ˈsiːdi] adj (= shabby) [person, hotel, street, area, club, bar] → miteux/euse

seedy

adj (+er)

(= disreputable) person, character → zweifelhaft, zwielichtig; area, place → zwielichtig

(inf: = unwell) I feel seedy → mir ist flau (inf), → mir ist nicht gut; to look seedy → angeschlagen aussehen (inf), → nicht gut aussehen

seedy [ˈsiːdɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fam) (sordid, shabby) → squallido/a
I feel decidedly seedy today → non mi sento affatto bene oggi