Tom and Mary live in a seedy rundown neighbourhood.
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Seedy
//ˈsiːdi//
Synonyms for "seedy" (203 found)
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Closest matches (41)
Strong matches (61)
enervatedenfeebledfadedfaggedfaintfaintingfaintishfatiguedfeeling awfulfeeling faintfeeling something terribleflaggingfootsorefourth classfourth-classfrayedfrazzledfrowzyfrumpishfrumpy
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full of holesgood and tiredgrubbyheelholeyillin a bad wayin dangerin ragsin shredsin tattersindisposedinferiorinformalirregularjadedlaid lowlanguidlooselow classlow gradelow testlow-classlow-gradelow-qualitylow-testlumpenmangymeanmessymickey mousemortally illmoth eatenmussyneglectednegligentnot quite rightoff coloroff-colorout of sorts
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (101)
overgrownpaltrypatchypokypoorpoorlypunkraggedraggedyrattyready to droprockyruinousrun downrun raggedrun-downsaggingscragglyscrubbysecond best
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second classsecond ratesecond-bestsecond-classseededseveral seededshabbyshoddysicksick unto deathsickishsicklysingle seededsketchyslackslatternlyslipshodsloppyslovenlysluttishsmall seededsordidsqualidtackytaken illtatteredtattythird classthird ratethird-classthird-ratethreadbarethree seededtime-worntinnytiredtired-wingedtoilworntornunder the weatherunder weatherunkemptunneatunrefreshedunrestoredunsightlyuntidyunwellway-wearywaywornweakweakenedweariedwearifulwearyweary-footedweary-ladenweary-wingedweary-wornwhite seededwiltedwiltingwornworn outworn-down
Adjective(6 words)
Related word relations
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
12 entriessimilar
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
Translations
71 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- западнал adj (shabby, run-down, disreputable)
- махмурлия adj (suffering effects of hangover)
- опърпан adj (untidy, unkempt)
- пълен със семена adj (full of seeds)
Czech
4 entries- ošuntělý adj (shabby, run-down, disreputable)
- sešlý adj (untidy, unkempt)
- zchátralý adj (shabby, run-down, disreputable)
- zpustlý adj (shabby, run-down, disreputable)
Danish
1 entries- snusket adj (shabby, run-down, disreputable)
Dutch
4 entries- ellendig adj (infirm, gone to seed)
- ellendig adj (suffering effects of hangover)
- louche adj (shabby, run-down, disreputable)
- met veel zaden adj (full of seeds)
Finnish
4 entries- huonokuntoinen adj (shabby, run-down, disreputable)
- huonokuntoinen adj (infirm, gone to seed)
- huonokuntoinen adj (suffering effects of hangover)
- huonomaineinen adj (shabby, run-down, disreputable)
French
2 entries- glauque adj (shabby, run-down, disreputable)
- louche adj (shabby, run-down, disreputable)
German
4 entries- anrüchig adj (shabby, run-down, disreputable)
- elend adj (infirm, gone to seed)
- elend adj (suffering effects of hangover)
- heruntergekommen adj (shabby, run-down, disreputable)
Hungarian
1 entries- kopott adj (shabby, run-down, disreputable)
Italian
2 entries- bassofondo adj (untidy, unkempt)
- indecente adj (shabby, run-down, disreputable)
Polish
4 entries- niedysponowany adj (infirm, gone to seed)
- obskurny adj (shabby, run-down, disreputable)
- zaniedbany adj (untidy, unkempt)
- zapuszczony adj (shabby, run-down, disreputable)
Romanian
1 entries- sămânțos adj (full of seeds)
Spanish
4 entries- con resaca adj (suffering effects of hangover)
- de mala fama adj (shabby, run-down, disreputable)
- de mala muerte adj (shabby, run-down, disreputable)
- desacreditado adj (shabby, run-down, disreputable)
Thai
4 entries- ชำรุดทรุดโทรม adj (shabby, run-down, disreputable)
- ทรุดโทรม adj (shabby, run-down, disreputable)
- ยุ่งเหยิง adj (untidy, unkempt)
- รุงรัง adj (untidy, unkempt)
Welsh
1 entries- hadog adj (full of seeds)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
This bar is seedy. Let's leave.
Source: tatoeba (2740358)
Do you feel seedy?
Source: tatoeba (4657061)
This is where you'll find Boston's seedy underbelly.
Source: tatoeba (11074320)
Showing 4 of 13 available sentences.
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