Definition of seedy in English:

seedy

adjectiveseedier, seediest ˈsiːdiˈsidi

1Sordid and disreputable.
肮脏的；声名狼藉的
his seedy affair with a soft-porn starlet
他与一个三级小明星的不正当关系。
Example sentencesExamples
- We are both Scottish and we both do figurative paintings set in a seedy underworld.
- All ideas are pretty seedy, aren't they?
- Most of the movie takes place in dark, seedy bars, and for the most part the black level is dark and shadows are well defined, while in other scenes the darker areas appear reddish and indistinct.
- It boasted a couple of reasonable restaurants, a few basic, low-life hotels, and one or two seedy bars.
- Nothing for the spin doctors to worry about, but just the sort of seedy little affair that sets a TV critic's heart aflutter.
- There are tens of thousands of people in this province addicted to the machines, which are to be found in almost every seedy bar in Montreal and elsewhere.
- The slavery convictions shed light on a seedy underside of the economy that most people are completely unaware of.
- The seedy underbelly of what was otherwise a fabulous meal was the pudding.
- It's a seedy bar in Accra's red-light district.
- Meanwhile, Ona is discovering the seedy underside of her workplace.
- Brothels are usually seedy affairs, tucked discreetly away from churches, town halls and the like (or so somebody we met in a bar once told us).
- They suddenly had much less time to hang out in seedy bars and undertake wild art projects.
- Stationed in Boston Father Smith is drawn into the seedy underworld of cockfighting.
- There aren't many homes that make you feel you're both the tightly corseted heroine of a romantic costume drama and a lady of the night about to embark on a seedy affair.
- One of the most notorious spots for the homeless is Market Street - a seedy section of strip bars, liquor stores and boarded up shops where dozens of junkies, drunks and other street people make the sidewalk their home.
- The simple set is ingeniously transformed from teen bedroom to hotel lobby to seedy bar.
- Mario then plunges into the seedy underworld of drugs in order to rescue his daughter.
- The last time we were together was at a seedy bar in Jerusalem.
- Alternative guides can offer exciting opportunities to touch the seedy side of the city.
- I drank away the fear and excitement in a seedy bar in downtown San Salvador.
Synonyms
sordid, disreputable, seamy, sleazy, corrupt, shameful, low, dark, squalid, unwholesome, unsavoury, rough, mean, nasty, unpleasant
1. 1.1 Shabby and squalid.
  破旧肮脏的
  an increasingly seedy and dilapidated property
  日益破旧不堪的房产。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Infrastructure is seedy and long past disrepair.
  Anne's eye grew tearful again, as they stepped from the carriage into the somewhat seedy docks of London.
  Athletic and family-oriented (all children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult), it brings to wholesome life a part of the city that can feel seedy and depressing.
  Think Southern California, and you think surfers, seedy motels, and gas-guzzling cars.
  With help from the city, they cleaned up their properties, tore down some of those seedy hotels and landscaped with palm trees.
  Uncle Vernon had taken a wrong turn and they'd ended up in a pretty seedy area.
  The narrative of Gatsby's downfall poignantly exposes the seedy underbelly of the American dream.
  True, we're located in a dilapidated strip mall in a seedy part of town, but people have cars, don't they?
  Synonyms
  dilapidated, tumbledown, ramshackle, derelict, ruinous, falling to pieces, decrepit, gone to rack and ruin, in ruins, broken-down, crumbling, decaying, disintegrating
  neglected, uncared-for, unmaintained, depressed, run down, down at heel, shabby, dingy, slummy, insalubrious, squalid
  informal shambly, crummy
  British informal grotty
  North American informal shacky
  Australian/New Zealand informal rumpty
2dated Unwell.
〈旧〉不舒服的
she felt weak and seedy
他感到虚弱、不舒服。
Synonyms
ill, unwell, poorly, bad, out of sorts, indisposed, not oneself, sick, queasy, nauseous, nauseated, peaky, liverish, green about the gills, run down, washed out, faint, dizzy, giddy, light-headed

Derivatives

seedily

adverb ˈsiːdɪliˈsidɪli

His art, though never exactly sweet, has become more darkly - critics say seedily - erotic as the years have progressed.

seediness

noun ˈsiːdɪnəsˈsidinəs

At the bar there's loud music and bad boys and girls and a sweet seediness, and nobody's talking about being good, even though the mix of music and humanity brims with a palpable goodness.
Example sentencesExamples
- Even its architecture mimics the conflict between seediness and sophistication in a disreputable world posing as the most refined city in the East.
- Many of the crimes he investigated were around Deansgate in the 1870s when it was the most dangerous area of the city, infamous for its squalor and seediness, disease and depravity.
- A big port and associated seediness do not together a tourist attraction make, but only a few streets away - on the other side of a narrow neck of land - lies Playa de las Canteras.
- She captures the seediness, deprivation and violence on the mean streets of Bradford well in her assured but frill-free prose.

Rhymes

beady, greedy, needy, reedy, speedy, tweedy, weedy

Definition of seedy in US English:

seedy

adjectiveˈsidiˈsēdē

1Sordid and disreputable.
肮脏的；声名狼藉的
his seedy affair with a soft-porn starlet
他与一个三级小明星的不正当关系。
Example sentencesExamples
- Stationed in Boston Father Smith is drawn into the seedy underworld of cockfighting.
- The last time we were together was at a seedy bar in Jerusalem.
- There are tens of thousands of people in this province addicted to the machines, which are to be found in almost every seedy bar in Montreal and elsewhere.
- The slavery convictions shed light on a seedy underside of the economy that most people are completely unaware of.
- They suddenly had much less time to hang out in seedy bars and undertake wild art projects.
- Meanwhile, Ona is discovering the seedy underside of her workplace.
- One of the most notorious spots for the homeless is Market Street - a seedy section of strip bars, liquor stores and boarded up shops where dozens of junkies, drunks and other street people make the sidewalk their home.
- Mario then plunges into the seedy underworld of drugs in order to rescue his daughter.
- It boasted a couple of reasonable restaurants, a few basic, low-life hotels, and one or two seedy bars.
- Most of the movie takes place in dark, seedy bars, and for the most part the black level is dark and shadows are well defined, while in other scenes the darker areas appear reddish and indistinct.
- The seedy underbelly of what was otherwise a fabulous meal was the pudding.
- Brothels are usually seedy affairs, tucked discreetly away from churches, town halls and the like (or so somebody we met in a bar once told us).
- All ideas are pretty seedy, aren't they?
- We are both Scottish and we both do figurative paintings set in a seedy underworld.
- I drank away the fear and excitement in a seedy bar in downtown San Salvador.
- The simple set is ingeniously transformed from teen bedroom to hotel lobby to seedy bar.
- Alternative guides can offer exciting opportunities to touch the seedy side of the city.
- Nothing for the spin doctors to worry about, but just the sort of seedy little affair that sets a TV critic's heart aflutter.
- It's a seedy bar in Accra's red-light district.
- There aren't many homes that make you feel you're both the tightly corseted heroine of a romantic costume drama and a lady of the night about to embark on a seedy affair.
Synonyms
sordid, disreputable, seamy, sleazy, corrupt, shameful, low, dark, squalid, unwholesome, unsavoury, rough, mean, nasty, unpleasant
1. 1.1 Shabby and squalid.
  破旧肮脏的
  an increasingly seedy and dilapidated property
  日益破旧不堪的房产。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Athletic and family-oriented (all children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult), it brings to wholesome life a part of the city that can feel seedy and depressing.
  Infrastructure is seedy and long past disrepair.
  Anne's eye grew tearful again, as they stepped from the carriage into the somewhat seedy docks of London.
  The narrative of Gatsby's downfall poignantly exposes the seedy underbelly of the American dream.
  True, we're located in a dilapidated strip mall in a seedy part of town, but people have cars, don't they?
  Uncle Vernon had taken a wrong turn and they'd ended up in a pretty seedy area.
  With help from the city, they cleaned up their properties, tore down some of those seedy hotels and landscaped with palm trees.
  Think Southern California, and you think surfers, seedy motels, and gas-guzzling cars.
  Synonyms
  dilapidated, tumbledown, ramshackle, derelict, ruinous, falling to pieces, decrepit, gone to rack and ruin, in ruins, broken-down, crumbling, decaying, disintegrating
2dated Unwell.
〈旧〉不舒服的
she felt weak and seedy
他感到虚弱、不舒服。
Synonyms
ill, unwell, poorly, bad, out of sorts, indisposed, not oneself, sick, queasy, nauseous, nauseated, peaky, liverish, green about the gills, run down, washed out, faint, dizzy, giddy, light-headed

词汇	seedy
释义	Definition of seedy in English: seedy adjectiveseedier, seediest ˈsiːdiˈsidi 1Sordid and disreputable. 肮脏的；声名狼藉的 his seedy affair with a soft-porn starlet 他与一个三级小明星的不正当关系。 Example sentencesExamples We are both Scottish and we both do figurative paintings set in a seedy underworld. All ideas are pretty seedy, aren't they? Most of the movie takes place in dark, seedy bars, and for the most part the black level is dark and shadows are well defined, while in other scenes the darker areas appear reddish and indistinct. It boasted a couple of reasonable restaurants, a few basic, low-life hotels, and one or two seedy bars. Nothing for the spin doctors to worry about, but just the sort of seedy little affair that sets a TV critic's heart aflutter. There are tens of thousands of people in this province addicted to the machines, which are to be found in almost every seedy bar in Montreal and elsewhere. The slavery convictions shed light on a seedy underside of the economy that most people are completely unaware of. The seedy underbelly of what was otherwise a fabulous meal was the pudding. It's a seedy bar in Accra's red-light district. Meanwhile, Ona is discovering the seedy underside of her workplace. Brothels are usually seedy affairs, tucked discreetly away from churches, town halls and the like (or so somebody we met in a bar once told us). They suddenly had much less time to hang out in seedy bars and undertake wild art projects. Stationed in Boston Father Smith is drawn into the seedy underworld of cockfighting. There aren't many homes that make you feel you're both the tightly corseted heroine of a romantic costume drama and a lady of the night about to embark on a seedy affair. One of the most notorious spots for the homeless is Market Street - a seedy section of strip bars, liquor stores and boarded up shops where dozens of junkies, drunks and other street people make the sidewalk their home. The simple set is ingeniously transformed from teen bedroom to hotel lobby to seedy bar. Mario then plunges into the seedy underworld of drugs in order to rescue his daughter. The last time we were together was at a seedy bar in Jerusalem. Alternative guides can offer exciting opportunities to touch the seedy side of the city. I drank away the fear and excitement in a seedy bar in downtown San Salvador. Synonyms sordid, disreputable, seamy, sleazy, corrupt, shameful, low, dark, squalid, unwholesome, unsavoury, rough, mean, nasty, unpleasant 1.1 Shabby and squalid. 破旧肮脏的 an increasingly seedy and dilapidated property 日益破旧不堪的房产。 Example sentencesExamples Infrastructure is seedy and long past disrepair. Anne's eye grew tearful again, as they stepped from the carriage into the somewhat seedy docks of London. Athletic and family-oriented (all children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult), it brings to wholesome life a part of the city that can feel seedy and depressing. Think Southern California, and you think surfers, seedy motels, and gas-guzzling cars. With help from the city, they cleaned up their properties, tore down some of those seedy hotels and landscaped with palm trees. Uncle Vernon had taken a wrong turn and they'd ended up in a pretty seedy area. The narrative of Gatsby's downfall poignantly exposes the seedy underbelly of the American dream. True, we're located in a dilapidated strip mall in a seedy part of town, but people have cars, don't they? Synonyms dilapidated, tumbledown, ramshackle, derelict, ruinous, falling to pieces, decrepit, gone to rack and ruin, in ruins, broken-down, crumbling, decaying, disintegrating neglected, uncared-for, unmaintained, depressed, run down, down at heel, shabby, dingy, slummy, insalubrious, squalid informal shambly, crummy British informal grotty North American informal shacky Australian/New Zealand informal rumpty 2dated Unwell. 〈旧〉不舒服的 she felt weak and seedy 他感到虚弱、不舒服。 Synonyms ill, unwell, poorly, bad, out of sorts, indisposed, not oneself, sick, queasy, nauseous, nauseated, peaky, liverish, green about the gills, run down, washed out, faint, dizzy, giddy, light-headed Derivatives seedily adverb ˈsiːdɪliˈsidɪli His art, though never exactly sweet, has become more darkly - critics say seedily - erotic as the years have progressed. seediness noun ˈsiːdɪnəsˈsidinəs At the bar there's loud music and bad boys and girls and a sweet seediness, and nobody's talking about being good, even though the mix of music and humanity brims with a palpable goodness. Example sentencesExamples Even its architecture mimics the conflict between seediness and sophistication in a disreputable world posing as the most refined city in the East. Many of the crimes he investigated were around Deansgate in the 1870s when it was the most dangerous area of the city, infamous for its squalor and seediness, disease and depravity. A big port and associated seediness do not together a tourist attraction make, but only a few streets away - on the other side of a narrow neck of land - lies Playa de las Canteras. She captures the seediness, deprivation and violence on the mean streets of Bradford well in her assured but frill-free prose. Rhymes beady, greedy, needy, reedy, speedy, tweedy, weedy Definition of seedy in US English: seedy adjectiveˈsidiˈsēdē 1Sordid and disreputable. 肮脏的；声名狼藉的 his seedy affair with a soft-porn starlet 他与一个三级小明星的不正当关系。 Example sentencesExamples Stationed in Boston Father Smith is drawn into the seedy underworld of cockfighting. The last time we were together was at a seedy bar in Jerusalem. There are tens of thousands of people in this province addicted to the machines, which are to be found in almost every seedy bar in Montreal and elsewhere. The slavery convictions shed light on a seedy underside of the economy that most people are completely unaware of. They suddenly had much less time to hang out in seedy bars and undertake wild art projects. Meanwhile, Ona is discovering the seedy underside of her workplace. One of the most notorious spots for the homeless is Market Street - a seedy section of strip bars, liquor stores and boarded up shops where dozens of junkies, drunks and other street people make the sidewalk their home. Mario then plunges into the seedy underworld of drugs in order to rescue his daughter. It boasted a couple of reasonable restaurants, a few basic, low-life hotels, and one or two seedy bars. Most of the movie takes place in dark, seedy bars, and for the most part the black level is dark and shadows are well defined, while in other scenes the darker areas appear reddish and indistinct. The seedy underbelly of what was otherwise a fabulous meal was the pudding. Brothels are usually seedy affairs, tucked discreetly away from churches, town halls and the like (or so somebody we met in a bar once told us). All ideas are pretty seedy, aren't they? We are both Scottish and we both do figurative paintings set in a seedy underworld. I drank away the fear and excitement in a seedy bar in downtown San Salvador. The simple set is ingeniously transformed from teen bedroom to hotel lobby to seedy bar. Alternative guides can offer exciting opportunities to touch the seedy side of the city. Nothing for the spin doctors to worry about, but just the sort of seedy little affair that sets a TV critic's heart aflutter. It's a seedy bar in Accra's red-light district. There aren't many homes that make you feel you're both the tightly corseted heroine of a romantic costume drama and a lady of the night about to embark on a seedy affair. Synonyms sordid, disreputable, seamy, sleazy, corrupt, shameful, low, dark, squalid, unwholesome, unsavoury, rough, mean, nasty, unpleasant 1.1 Shabby and squalid. 破旧肮脏的 an increasingly seedy and dilapidated property 日益破旧不堪的房产。 Example sentencesExamples Athletic and family-oriented (all children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult), it brings to wholesome life a part of the city that can feel seedy and depressing. Infrastructure is seedy and long past disrepair. Anne's eye grew tearful again, as they stepped from the carriage into the somewhat seedy docks of London. The narrative of Gatsby's downfall poignantly exposes the seedy underbelly of the American dream. True, we're located in a dilapidated strip mall in a seedy part of town, but people have cars, don't they? Uncle Vernon had taken a wrong turn and they'd ended up in a pretty seedy area. With help from the city, they cleaned up their properties, tore down some of those seedy hotels and landscaped with palm trees. Think Southern California, and you think surfers, seedy motels, and gas-guzzling cars. Synonyms dilapidated, tumbledown, ramshackle, derelict, ruinous, falling to pieces, decrepit, gone to rack and ruin, in ruins, broken-down, crumbling, decaying, disintegrating 2dated Unwell. 〈旧〉不舒服的 she felt weak and seedy 他感到虚弱、不舒服。 Synonyms ill, unwell, poorly, bad, out of sorts, indisposed, not oneself, sick, queasy, nauseous, nauseated, peaky, liverish, green about the gills, run down, washed out, faint, dizzy, giddy, light-headed
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