What does word seedy mean?
What does word seedy mean?
Definition of seedy 1 : containing or full of seeds a seedy fruit. 2 : inferior in condition or quality: such as. a : shabby, run-down seedy clothes. b : somewhat disreputable a seedy district a seedy lawyer.
What is seedy behavior?
Morally bad or wrong behaviour.
Why do we say seedy?
It's a mystery how the word seedy came to mean darkly rundown, slummy, and seamy, but it probably came from the appearance of flowers after they've shed their seeds. That's when they start to lose their color and eventually die.
What does seedy life mean?
seedy - somewhat ill or prone to illness; "my poor ailing grandmother"; "feeling a bit indisposed today"; "you look a little peaked"; "feeling poorly"; "a sickly child"; "is unwell and can't come to work" ailing, indisposed, peaked, poorly, under the weather, unwell, sickly.
What does seedy club mean?
1 shabby or unseemly in appearance.
What is the synonym of seedy?
sordid, disreputable, seamy, sleazy, corrupt, shameful, low, dark, squalid, unwholesome, unsavoury, rough, mean, nasty, unpleasant. classy. 2'the live-in caretaker of a seedy block of flats'
What does Agglomerative mean?
Agglomerate means to collect or gather into a cluster or mass, especially a messy or jumbled one. ... Agglomerate can also be used as an adjective to describe things gathered together into a jumbled mass, as in My desk has become an agglomerate mess.
What is a seedy underbelly?
The corrupt, immoral, or sordid part or portion of some group, organization, society, etc., that remains unseen by the majority of people.
What is run to seed?
Become devitalized or worn out; deteriorate, as in I went back to visit my old elementary school, and sadly, it has really run to seed, or The gold medalist quickly went to seed after he left competition.
How do you use seedy in a sentence?
Seedy sentence example
- Maybe this man had a seedy past – or present, life. ...
- It was Charlie's seedy character that disturbed Brady. ...
- Her unease grew as they reached a seedy neighborhood outside of Little Havana. ...
- This gives it that seedy nightclub / holiday camp feel.
