seedier; seediest
1
: containing or full of seeds
a seedy fruit
2
: inferior in condition or quality: such as
b
: somewhat disreputable
a seedy district
a seedy lawyer
c
: slightly unwell : debilitated
felt seedy and went home early
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He was wearing a seedy suit.
a seedy area of the city
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Throughout a career of over 40 years, the author’s works — among them a series of true-crime books about the Menendez brothers (Resentment: A Comedy) and Andrew Cunanan (Three Day Fever) — documented the seedy vanities and sorrows of American life.
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Brandon Sanchez, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
Set in the late 1930s during the twilight of the Jazz Age and while the Nazi Party rises to power, the show focuses on the hedonistic nightlife of the seedy Kit Kat Club.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2024
The crime thriller Caught Stealing follows Hank Thompson, a former baseball player who becomes enmeshed in the seedy underworld of 1990s New York.
—Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 27 Sep. 2024
Colin Farrell is so damn good as Oz Cobb, a mid-tier mobster in Gotham’s seedy underworld.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
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Brandon Sanchez, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
Set in the late 1930s during the twilight of the Jazz Age and while the Nazi Party rises to power, the show focuses on the hedonistic nightlife of the seedy Kit Kat Club.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2024
The crime thriller Caught Stealing follows Hank Thompson, a former baseball player who becomes enmeshed in the seedy underworld of 1990s New York.
—Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 27 Sep. 2024
Colin Farrell is so damn good as Oz Cobb, a mid-tier mobster in Gotham’s seedy underworld.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
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“Seedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seedy. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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