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   seedy

   /ˈsiːdi/

   adjective

   • 1. sordid and disreputable: "his seedy affair with a soft-porn starlet" Similar sordiddisreputableseamysleazycorruptshamefullowdarksqualidunwholesomeunsavouryroughmeannastyunpleasantOpposite classy
   • ▪ shabby and squalid: "an increasingly seedy and dilapidated property" Similar dilapidatedtumbledownramshacklederelictruinousfalling to piecesdecrepitgone to rack and ruinin ruinsbroken-downcrumblingdecayingdisintegratingneglecteduncared-forunmaintaineddepressedrun downdown at heelshabbydingyslummyinsalubrioussqualidinformal:shamblycrummygrottyshackyrumptyOpposite high-classfashionable
   • 2. unwell: dated "she felt weak and seedy" Similar illunwellpoorlybadout of sortsindisposednot oneselfsickqueasynauseousnauseatedpeakyliverishgreen around the gillsrun downwashed outfaintdizzygiddylight-headedoffoff colourinformal:under the weatherbelow parnot up to parfunnypeculiarlousyrottenroughawfulterribledreadfulcrummygrottyropywabbitpeely-wallycrookvulgar slang:crappyrare:peakedpeakishOpposite fitwell

   Derivatives

   • 1. seedily adverb
   • 2. seediness noun

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