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Definition of Seedy
1. Adjective. Full of seeds. "As seedy as a fig"
Derivative terms: Seed
Antonyms: Seedless
2. Adjective. Shabby and untidy. "He was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin"
3. Adjective. Somewhat ill or prone to illness. "Is unwell and can't come to work"
Similar to: Ill, Sick
Derivative terms: Unwellness
4. Adjective. Morally degraded. "The squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal"
Similar to: Disreputable
Derivative terms: Sleaziness, Sordidness, Squalidness
Definition of Seedy
1. a. Abounding with seeds; bearing seeds; having run to seeds.
Definition of Seedy
1. Adjective. disreputable; run-down ¹
2. Adjective. full of seeds ¹
3. Adjective. untidy; unkempt ¹
4. Adjective. infirm; gone to seed ¹
5. Adjective. suffering the effects of a hangover ¹
6. Adjective. (colloquial) Having a peculiar flavour supposed to be derived from the weeds growing among the vines; said of certain kinds of French brandy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Seedy
1. containing seeds; inferior in condition or quality [adj SEEDIER, SEEDIEST]
Medical Definition of Seedy
1. 1. Abounding with seeds; bearing seeds; having run to seeds. 2. Having a peculiar flavor supposed to be derived from the weeds growing among the vines; said of certain kinds of FRench brandy. 3. Old and worn out; exhausted; spiritless; also, poor and miserable looking; shabily clothed; shabby looking; as, he looked seedy coat. "Little Flanigan here . . . Is a little seedy, as we say among us that practice the law." Seedy toe, an affection of a horse's foot, in which a cavity filled with horn powder is formed between the laminae and the wall of the hoof. See:dier; Seediest. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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