Seedy — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

full of seeds

shabby and untidy; ; - Mark Twain

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sˈiːdi/

🇬🇧British English

/sˈiːdi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˈiːdi/

2 syllables Say it as /sˈiːdi/.

Examples

as seedy as a fig
a surge of ragged scruffy children
he was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

ailing scruffy sickly sleazy poorly peaked squalid sordid seamy unwell indisposed under the weather

Antonyms

seedless

Parts of Speech

adjective	full of seeds “as seedy as a fig”
adjective	shabby and untidy; ; - Mark Twain “a surge of ragged scruffy children”
adjective	somewhat ill or prone to illness “my poor ailing grandmother”
adjective	morally degraded; ; ; ; - Seattle Weekly; - James Joyce “a seedy district”

Word Forms

seed	noun	a small hard fruit
seediness	noun	a lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing
unwellness	noun	impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
sleaziness	noun	morally dishonorable
sordidness	noun	unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values
squalidness	noun	sordid dirtiness

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

schäbig

voller Samen

🇫🇷French

miteux

plein de graines

🇪🇸Spanish

sórdido

lleno de semillas

🇮🇹Italian

squallido

pieno di semi

🇳🇱Dutch

louche

vol zaden

🇵🇹Portuguese

decadente

cheio de sementes

🇷🇺Russian

захудалый

полный семян

India

🇮🇳Hindi

थका हुआ

बीजों से भरा हुआ

🇧🇩Bengali

বীজ

বীজ পূর্ণ

🇮🇳Tamil

விதைத்த

விதைகள் நிறைந்தது

🇮🇳Telugu

సీడీ

పూర్తి విత్తనాలు

🇮🇳Marathi

बियाणे

बियांनी भरलेले

🇮🇳Gujarati

બીજવાળું

બીજથી ભરેલું

🇮🇳Kannada

ಬಿತ್ತನೆಯ

ಬೀಜಗಳಿಂದ ತುಂಬಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വിത്തുളള

നിറയെ വിത്തുകൾ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬੀਜ

ਬੀਜ ਨਾਲ ਭਰਿਆ

🇵🇰Urdu

بیج دار

بیجوں سے بھرا ہوا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

肮脏的

充满种子

🇯🇵Japanese

怪しい

種がいっぱい

🇰🇷Korean

초라한

씨앗이 가득하다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

có nhiều hạt

đầy hạt giống

🇹🇭Thai

จ๋อย

เต็มไปด้วยเมล็ดพืช

🇮🇩Indonesian

kumuh

penuh dengan biji

🇵🇭Filipino

mabulok

puno ng mga buto

🇲🇾Malay

berlambak

penuh dengan biji

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

غير طبيعي

مليئة بالبذور

🇮🇷Persian

دانه دار

پر از دانه

🇹🇷Turkish

keyifsiz

tohumlarla dolu

🇮🇱Hebrew

מוּזנָח

מלא זרעים

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