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Tattered vs Seedy - What's the difference?

tattered | seedy |

As adjectives the difference between tattered and seedy

is that tattered is rent in tatters, torn, hanging in rags; ragged while seedy is disreputable, run-down, sleazy.

As a verb tattered

is past tense of tatter.

tattered

English

Alternative forms

* tottered

Adjective

(-)
  • rent in tatters, torn, hanging in rags; ragged
  • * 1919 , :
    • The chattering, irrational brute of the subconscious clothes itself in the tattered garments of rationality and idealism.
  • dressed in tatters or rags; ragged
  • (obsolete) dilapidated; showing gaps or breaks; jagged; broken

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (tatter)

    • References

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    seedy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • 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)
  • full of seeds.
    • pomegranates are as seedy as any fruit you are likely to see.
  • untidy; unkempt
    • His seedy , dirt-smudged visage caused her to look at him askance.
  • infirm; gone to seed.
    • With her aching back and pronounced limp, she was feeling particularly seedy today.
  • suffering the effects of a hangover
    • After last night's party we were all feeling pretty seedy .
  • (colloquial) Having a peculiar flavour supposed to be derived from the weeds growing among the vines; said of certain kinds of French brandy.

    • Derived terms

    * seedy toe

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