seedy

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untidy; unkempt

His seedy, dirt-smudged visage caused her to look at him askance.

full of seeds

pomegranates are as seedy as any fruit you are likely to see.

suffering the effects of a hangover

After last night's party we were all feeling pretty seedy.

infirm; gone to seed

With her aching back and pronounced limp, she was feeling particularly seedy today.

disreputable; run-down

The healing power of alcohol only works on scrapes and nicks ;; and not on girls in seedy bars who drown themselves in it. (from Choice Hops and Bottled Self Esteem by Bayside).

{a} abounding with or resembling seed
Abounding with seeds; bearing seeds; having run to seeds
Old and worn out; exhausted; spiritless; also, poor and miserable looking; shabbily clothed; shabby looking; as, he looked seedy; a seedy coat
{s} full of seeds; shabby, unkempt, disheveled; dilapidated, squalid; unwell, feeling weak or ill
full of seeds; "as seedy as a fig
disapproval If you describe a person or place as seedy, you disapprove of them because they look dirty and untidy, or they have a bad reputation. Frank ran dodgy errands for a seedy local villain We were staying in a seedy hotel close to the red light district + seediness seedi·ness the atmosphere of seediness and decay about the city. a seedy person or place looks dirty or poor, and is often connected with illegal or immoral activities
morally degraded; "a seedy district"; "the seamy side of life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"; "sleazy storefronts with dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly; "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce; "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal"
full of seeds; "as seedy as a fig"
shabby and untidy; "a surge of ragged scruffy children"; "he was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin"- Mark Twain
Having a peculiar flavor supposed to be derived from the weeds growing among the vines; said of certain kinds of French brandy
weak and feeble; "I'm feeling seedy today"
seediness
{a} a seedy state or quality
feel seedy
feel somewhat ill
seedier
comparative of seedy
seediest
superlative of seedy
seedily
shabbily, in a slovenly manner, in a disheveled manner
seediness
The property of being seedy
seediness
The quality or state of being seedy, shabby, or worn out; a state of wretchedness or exhaustion
seediness
{i} state of having many seeds; shabbiness, state of being disheveled; seaminess, squalidness, dirtiness
seedy
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