weedy (redirected from weediness)

weed·y  (wd)

adj. weed·i·er, weed·i·est

1. Full of or consisting of weeds: a weedy lawn.

2. Resembling or characteristic of a weed: a weedy plant.

3. Of a scrawny build; spindly or gawky.

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weedi·ly adv.

weedi·ness n.

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weedy [ˈwiːdɪ]

adj weedier, weediest

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) full of or containing weeds weedy land

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (of a plant) resembling a weed in rapid or straggling growth

3. Informal thin or weakly in appearance

weedily  adv

weediness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	weedy - abounding with or resembling weeds; "a weedy path"; "weedy plants that take over a garden" weedless - free from weeds; "a weedless garden"
	2.	weedy - being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck" scraggy, scrawny, skinny, underweight, boney lean, thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare

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weedy

adjective weak, thin, frail, skinny, feeble, ineffectual, puny, undersized, weak-kneed (informal), namby-pamby, nerdy or nurdy (slang) a neurotic, weedy little man

Translations

weedy [ˈwiːdɪ] ADJ (weedier (compar) (weediest (superl)))

1. [ground] → lleno de malas hierbas or hierbajos

2. (Brit) (= scrawny) [person] → debilucho, desmirriado, enclenque

weedy [ˈwiːdi] adj [person] → gringalet

weedy

adj (+er)

ground → unkrautbewachsen, voll(er) Unkraut

(inf) person → schmächtig; (in character) → blutarm

weedy [ˈwiːdɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fam) (person) → allampanato/a