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SEEDIER
SEEDY
seamy, seedy, sleazy, sordid, squalid
(adjective) morally degraded; âa seedy districtâ; âthe seamy side of lifeâ; âsleazy characters hanging around casinosâ; âsleazy storefronts with...dirt on the wallsâ- Seattle Weekly; âthe sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrilsâ- James Joyce; âthe squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayalâ
seedy
(adjective) full of seeds; âas seedy as a figâ
ailing, indisposed, peaked, poorly, sickly, unwell, under the weather, seedy
(adjective) somewhat ill or prone to illness; âmy poor ailing grandmotherâ; âfeeling a bit indisposed todayâ; âyou look a little peakedâ; âfeeling poorlyâ; âa sickly childâ; âis unwell and canât come to workâ
scruffy, seedy
(adjective) shabby and untidy; âa surge of ragged scruffy childrenâ; âhe was soiled and seedy and fragrant with ginâ- Mark Twain
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
seedier
comparative form of seedy
Anagrams
• Desiree, DesirĂ©e, DĂ©sirĂ©e, Reedies
Source: Wiktionary
SEEDY
Seed"y, a. [Compar. Seedier; superl. Seediest.]
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. [Colloq.] Little Flanigan here . . . is a little seedy, as we say among us that practice the law. Goldsmith. Seedy toe, an affection of a horse's foot, in which a cavity filled with horn powder is formed between the laminĂŠ and the wall of the hoof.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., âthe father of the brideâ instead of âthe brideâs fatherâ
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