(adj) morally degraded; ; ; ; - Seattle Weekly; - James Joyce, Syn. sordid, squalid, sleazy, seedy, Example:a seedy district; the seamy side of life; sleazy characters hanging around casinos; sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls; the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils; the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal
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a. [ Compar. Seedier superl. Seediest. ]1. Abounding with seeds; bearing seeds; having run to seeds. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Having a peculiar flavor supposed to be derived from the weeds growing among the vines; -- said of certain kinds of French brandy. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. Old and worn out; exhausted; spiritless; also, poor and miserable looking; shabbily clothed; shabby looking; as, he looked seedy; a seedy coat. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Little Flanigan here . . . is a little seedy, as we say among us that practice the law. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]
Seedy toe, an affection of a horse's foot, in which a cavity filled with horn powder is formed between the laminae and the wall of the hoof. [ 1913 Webster ]