Usually means: Dilapidated and disreputable in appearance.
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We found 32 dictionaries that define the word seedy:

General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. seedy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. seedy: Merriam-Webster
  3. seedy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. seedy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. seedy: Collins English Dictionary
  6. seedy: Vocabulary.com
  7. Seedy, seedy: Wordnik
  8. seedy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. seedy: Wiktionary
  10. seedy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. seedy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. seedy: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. seedy: Dictionary.com
  14. seedy: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. seedy: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Seedy (album): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Seedy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. seedy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. seedy: Rhymezone
  20. seedy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. seedy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. seedy: FreeDictionary.org
  23. seedy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. Seedy: The Word Detective
  25. seedy: TheFreeDictionary.com
  26. Seedy: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. seedy: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. seedy: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. seedy, seedy: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Note: See seedier as well.)

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adjective:  Literal senses:
▸ adjective:  Full of seeds.
▸ adjective:  Seedlike; having the flavour of seeds.
▸ adjective:  (colloquial) Having a peculiar flavour supposed to be derived from the weeds growing among the vines; said of certain kinds of French brandy.
▸ adjective:  (figurative) Disreputable, run-down.
▸ adjective:  Untidy; unkempt.
▸ adjective:  Infirm; unwell; gone to seed.
▸ adjective:  Suffering the effects of a hangover.

Similar:
seeded, scruffy, squalid, worn, seamy, sleazy, sordid, debilitated, enfeebled, infirm, more...

Opposite:
upscale, classy, posh, luxurious, high-end

Types:
seedless, sour, sweet, tart, bitter, salty, spicy, savory, more...

Phrases:
seedy toe, seedy bar, seedy motel adjective, seedy loaves, tart seedy fruit, more...

Colors:
    olive,     mustard,     khaki,     taupe,     rust, more...


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Similar:
seeded, scruffy, squalid, worn, seamy, sleazy, sordid, debilitated, enfeebled, infirm, more...

Opposite:
upscale, classy, posh, luxurious, high-end

Types:
seedless, sour, sweet, tart, bitter, salty, spicy, savory, more...

Phrases:
seedy toe, seedy bar, seedy motel adjective, seedy loaves, tart seedy fruit, seedy place, more...

Colors:
    olive,     mustard,     khaki,     taupe,     rust, more...



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