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
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Examples of seedy in a Sentence
He was wearing a seedy suit.
a seedy area of the city
Recent Examples on the Web
Inside was a seedy ’30s club supported by robust arches of stone, with run-down floorboards leading to arrangements of billiard tables and Thonet chairs.
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Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 16 Apr. 2024
The hotel closed in the 1960s, and its lobby was home to a series of seedy bars as downtown emptied out over the next several decades.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2024
The documents rattled off a number of seedy stories that would have been right at home in a venerable supermarket tabloid, had they actually been published.
—Lachlan Cartwright, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
And the new ballpark totally revived the seedy area of downtown south of Broadway in the East Village.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2024
Actor and martial artist Richard Norton plays the story’s seedy antagonist Victor Cross, while Ellen Hollman kicks butt as the sultry Beau Hampton.
—Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 24 Mar. 2024
Farrell gives a classic gangster monologue throughout the trailer, which slowly ramps up the violence and gunfights in Gotham City’s seedy underground.
—Caroline Brew, Variety, 22 Mar. 2024
Desperate to hire a bouncer, Frankie finds her man in Elwood Dalton (Gyllenhaal), a former pro fighter who now earns cash in a seedy underground fighting ring.
—Devan Coggan, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2024
What begins as a routine ride turns into Clare’s worst nightmare: a twelve-hour fight for survival through the city’s seedy underbelly.
—Selena Kuznikov, Variety, 19 Mar. 2024
Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 16 Apr. 2024
The hotel closed in the 1960s, and its lobby was home to a series of seedy bars as downtown emptied out over the next several decades.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2024
The documents rattled off a number of seedy stories that would have been right at home in a venerable supermarket tabloid, had they actually been published.
—Lachlan Cartwright, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
And the new ballpark totally revived the seedy area of downtown south of Broadway in the East Village.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2024
Actor and martial artist Richard Norton plays the story’s seedy antagonist Victor Cross, while Ellen Hollman kicks butt as the sultry Beau Hampton.
—Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 24 Mar. 2024
Farrell gives a classic gangster monologue throughout the trailer, which slowly ramps up the violence and gunfights in Gotham City’s seedy underground.
—Caroline Brew, Variety, 22 Mar. 2024
Desperate to hire a bouncer, Frankie finds her man in Elwood Dalton (Gyllenhaal), a former pro fighter who now earns cash in a seedy underground fighting ring.
—Devan Coggan, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2024
What begins as a routine ride turns into Clare’s worst nightmare: a twelve-hour fight for survival through the city’s seedy underbelly.
—Selena Kuznikov, Variety, 19 Mar. 2024
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First Known Use
1574, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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