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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That result will mean more cash for seedy gambling sites to spend on tedious Kevin Hart-LeBron James commercials.
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Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025
The episode was about a fake Lord trying to check in to a seedy seaside hotel, and the snobbish Cleese character who runs the place gets fooled by him.
—Jonathan Margolis, Air Mail, 20 Sep. 2025
The ladies move closer to God through acts of disobedience, debauchery, and disgrace; by visiting seedy places and commingling with the disreputable.
—Nicole Flattery, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
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.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
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Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025
The episode was about a fake Lord trying to check in to a seedy seaside hotel, and the snobbish Cleese character who runs the place gets fooled by him.
—Jonathan Margolis, Air Mail, 20 Sep. 2025
The ladies move closer to God through acts of disobedience, debauchery, and disgrace; by visiting seedy places and commingling with the disreputable.
—Nicole Flattery, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
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.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for seedy
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“Seedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seedy. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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