Weedy

//ˈwiːdi// adj, slang

adj, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Abounding with weeds.

    "weedy grounds"

  2. 2
    Of, relating to or resembling weeds.

    "The wild rice has a peculiar weedy, smoky flavor, but if properly cooked is very delicious."

  3. 3
    Consisting of weeds.

    "There on the pendant boughs her coronet weeds Clamb’ring to hang, an envious sliver broke, When down her weedy trophies and herself Fell in the weeping brook."

  4. 4
    Characteristic of a plant that grows rapidly and spreads invasively, and which grows opportunistically in cracks of sidewalks and disturbed areas.

    "a weedy species"

  5. 5
    Small and weak. figuratively

    "a weedy lad"

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  1. 6
    Lacking power or effectiveness. Ireland, UK, figuratively, informal

    "a weedy excuse"

Adjective
  1. 1
    being very thin wordnet
  2. 2
    abounding with or resembling weeds wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
punywastedanemicangularanorexicboney

Example

More examples

"The grass was left long and weedy in the slate walk, and very often he wasn't cutting the grass on the other side of the hedge by the road at all."

Etymology

From weed + -y.

Related phrases

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