Seedy - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈsiːdɪ|  American pronunciation of the word seedy
Brit.  |ˈsiːdɪ|  British pronunciation of the word seedy

adjective

- shabby and untidy (syn: scruffy)
he was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin
- somewhat ill or prone to illness (syn: ailing, indisposed, peaked, poorly, sickly, unwell)
- morally degraded (syn: seamy, sleazy, sordid, squalid)
a seedy district

Extra examples

He was wearing a seedy suit.

He felt seedy and went home early.

Despite its grand name, the hotel is small and somewhat seedy.

...sought work as a roustabout on the city's seedy waterfront...

...a seedy section of the city's waterfront that was rife with cheap taverns, tattoo parlors, and run-down flophouses...

The area has a very seedy look to it.

Word forms

adjective
comparative: seedier
superlative: seediest
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