seedy
Run-down and grimy
Seedy describes something run-down, shabby, or disreputable.
A seedy hotel or seedy neighborhood suggests poverty, neglect, or moral questionability—the kind of place where unsavory things happen.
A seedy character looks untrustworthy.
The word comes from the appearance of plants gone to seed, past their prime.
Separately, seedy can simply mean full of seeds: a seedy pomegranate.
Disreputably low-quality
- shadyDisreputable or sun-blocked
- sketchyIncomplete or suspicious
- dubiousOf uncertain reliability
- sordidMorally foul or base
unsavory · dodgy · questionable · suspicious · disreputable · underworld · back-alley · red-light
Ruined through neglect
- shabbyWorn and neglected
- run-downDeteriorated from neglect
- ramshackleBadly deteriorated from neglect
- decrepitWorn by age
neglected · worn · dingy · crumbling · deteriorated · threadbare · ragged · faded
Corrupted by indulgence
- lecherousShowing excessive sexual desire
- licentiousSexually unrestrained behavior
- dissoluteIndulgent and immoral
- lasciviousOvertly sexual in manner
salacious · depraved · lewd · promiscuous · profligate · sordid · vulgar · sinful
sleazy
Disreputably low-quality
sordid · unsavory · dodgy · questionable · suspicious · disreputable · underworld · back-alley · red-light · lowlife
dilapidated
Ruined through neglect
- shabbyWorn and neglected
- run-downDeteriorated from neglect
- ramshackleBadly deteriorated from neglect
decrepit · neglected · worn · dingy · crumbling · deteriorated · threadbare · ragged · faded · tumbledown
debauched
Corrupted by indulgence
- lecherousShowing excessive sexual desire
- licentiousSexually unrestrained behavior
- dissoluteIndulgent and immoral
lascivious · salacious · depraved · lewd · promiscuous · profligate · sordid · vulgar · sinful · perverted
germination
Seed's initial growth phase
- sowingPlanting for cultivation
- propagationAct of spreading widely
- plantingPlacing seeds in earth
seedpod · bolting · overripe · flowering · seeding · heirloom · pollination · dispersal · sprouting · fertilization
- hangoverhangover, hungover, morning after, rough night, one too many
- worn-outworn, shabby, tattered, threadbare, battered
- decayrot, decay rate, wilt, crumble, decomposition
- cleanlinessclean, cleanliness, clean up, dirty, neatness
- disgustdisgust, disgusting, disgusted, revulsion, repulsion
- Sewing Metaphorsseamless, threadbare, woven, patched up, hanging by a thread
seedyreputable
Having a good name
respectable · upstanding · wholesome · decent · legitimate
seedypristine
Pure and untouched
immaculate · well-maintained · spic-and-span · spick-and-span · brand-new
- sunflower seedsEdible kernels from tall blooms
- pumpkin seedsEdible gourd kernels
- sesame seedsTiny oilseed for baking
- plant a seedEmbed for germination
- bad seedInherently corrupt person
- poppy seedsSmall edible oilseed garnish
seed, seeds, seedling, seedless, seediest, seediness, seedier