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| seedy | |
| 1. indecente | |
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| seedy | |
| 1. adj. disreputable, run-down, sleazy. |  |
| The healing power of alcohol only works on scrapes and nicks; and not on girls in seedy bars who drown themselves in it. (from "Choice Hops and Bottled Self Esteem" by Bayside) | |
| 2. adj. Full of seeds. | |
| Pomegranates are as seedy as any fruit you are likely to see. | |
| 3. adj. untidy; unkempt | |
| His seedy, dirt-smudged visage caused her to look at him askance. | |
| 4. adj. infirm; gone to seed. | |
| With her aching back and pronounced limp, she was feeling particularly seedy today. | |
| 5. adj. suffering the effects of a hangover | |
| After last night's party we were all feeling pretty seedy. | |
| 6. adj. (colloquial) Having a peculiar flavour supposed to be derived from the weeds growing among the vines; said of certain kinds of French brandy. | |
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