seedy
IPA: sˈidi
adjective
- Literal senses:
- Full of seeds.
- Seedlike; having the flavour of seeds.
- (colloquial) Having a peculiar flavour supposed to be derived from the weeds growing among the vines; said of certain kinds of French brandy.
- (figurative) Disreputable, run-down.
- Untidy; unkempt.
- Infirm; unwell; gone to seed.
- Suffering the effects of a hangover.
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Examples of "seedy" in Sentences
- Charlotte stops by Julie's seedy motel.
- Linda is sent in to a seedy bar in a nearby town.
- Most of the play takes place in a seedy motel room.
- He earned two dollars but gave it to a seedy beggar.
- One of the most famous seedy spots in the city is this one.
- In Chicago, he found a job as a night clerk in a seedy hotel.
- Most of the action takes place in a seedy Oklahoma motel room.
- The fruit often is used as a lemon substitute and is very seedy.
- Monica threatens to move out and to spend the night in a seedy bar.
- Meanwhile, Veronica was living on the run from the law in a seedy motel.
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