seedy
adjective
1. full of seeds
- as seedy as a fig
Similar word(s): seeded
2. shabby and untidy
- I have never seen such a seedy bedroom!
Similar word(s): worn, scruffy
3. somewhat ill or prone to illness
Similar word(s): ill, sick, ailing, indisposed, peaked, poorly, sickly, unwell
4. having little or no morals; not respectable, sleazy.
- a seedy thief
Similar word(s): disreputable, seamy, sleazy, sordid, squalid
Sentences with seedy as an adjective:
- The healing power of alcohol only works on scrapes and nicks; and not on girls in seedy bars who drown themselves in it. (from "Choice Hops and Bottled Self Esteem" by Bayside)
- pomegranates are as seedy as any fruit you are likely to see.
- His seedy, dirt-smudged visage caused her to look at him askance.
- With her aching back and pronounced limp, she was feeling particularly seedy today.
- After last night's party we were all feeling pretty seedy.