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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After ending up as the King of Chicago’s seedy underbelly with a pregnant partner and new alliances ready to take a bullet for him, Tommy has a good thing going for him in the Windy City.
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Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 21 Jan. 2026
To a particularly seedy neighborhood of London?
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 15 Jan. 2026
The patient thriller finds Agnes lonely in her seedy motel, with a phone that often rings, though the person on the other end of the line never speaks.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Jan. 2026
Starring Collin Farrell, once again as Gotham mob boss Oz Cobb, the TV series pushed deeper into the city’s seedy criminal infrastructure and unearthed a shadowy world full of twisted storytelling potential.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 6 Jan. 2026
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Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 21 Jan. 2026
To a particularly seedy neighborhood of London?
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 15 Jan. 2026
The patient thriller finds Agnes lonely in her seedy motel, with a phone that often rings, though the person on the other end of the line never speaks.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Jan. 2026
Starring Collin Farrell, once again as Gotham mob boss Oz Cobb, the TV series pushed deeper into the city’s seedy criminal infrastructure and unearthed a shadowy world full of twisted storytelling potential.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 6 Jan. 2026
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 28 Jan. 2026.
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