seedy

Words with a similar base: seedy

'seedy'

[seedy.a.01] as in: full of seeds

Examples:
as seedy as a fig

'seedy'

[scruffy.s.01] as in: shabby and untidy; ; - Mark Twain

Examples:
a surge of ragged scruffy children
he was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin

'seedy'

[ailing.s.01] as in: somewhat ill or prone to illness

Examples:
my poor ailing grandmother
feeling a bit indisposed today
you look a little peaked
feeling poorly
a sickly child
is unwell and can't come to work

'seedy'

[seamy.s.02] as in: morally degraded; ; ; ; - Seattle Weekly; - James Joyce

Examples:
a seedy district
the seamy side of life
sleazy characters hanging around casinos
sleazy storefronts with...dirt

on the walls
the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils
the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal

Origins

					seedy (English)
├── -y (English)
│   └── -y (Middle English (1100-1500))
└── seed (English)
    └── seed (Middle English (1100-1500))
        └── sed (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

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