seedier; seediest
1
: containing or full of seeds
a seedy fruit
2
: inferior in condition or quality: such as
b
: somewhat disreputable
a seedy district
a seedy lawyer
c
: slightly unwell : debilitated
felt seedy and went home early
Examples of seedy in a Sentence
He was wearing a seedy suit.
a seedy area of the city
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Tyler Perry's gone full sicko mode with Beauty in Black, a soapy thriller about an exotic dancer who infiltrates the lives of the Bellarie beauty dynasty and disrupts its connections to a seedy criminal underbelly.
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Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
Reddit has transformed itself from a somewhat-seedy underground message board to a powerhouse database of mineable information.
—Todd Gordon, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
Armed with a sharp wit that can disarm and humiliate the juvenile boys in their class, Li-li introduces Hsiao-Lee to the seedier side of town, alcohol, and said boys.
—Adam Solomons, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
Assuming the persona of a vigilante (Mitch Cohen), Melvin decides to fight crime and clean up the seedy town of Tromaville, New Jersey run by the corrupt Mayor Belgoody (Pat Ryan).
—Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
Reddit has transformed itself from a somewhat-seedy underground message board to a powerhouse database of mineable information.
—Todd Gordon, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
Armed with a sharp wit that can disarm and humiliate the juvenile boys in their class, Li-li introduces Hsiao-Lee to the seedier side of town, alcohol, and said boys.
—Adam Solomons, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
Assuming the persona of a vigilante (Mitch Cohen), Melvin decides to fight crime and clean up the seedy town of Tromaville, New Jersey run by the corrupt Mayor Belgoody (Pat Ryan).
—Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Seedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seedy. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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