Seedy vs Weedy - What's the difference?
seedy | weedy |
disreputable, run-down, sleazy.
full of seeds.
untidy; unkempt
infirm; gone to seed.
suffering the effects of a hangover
(colloquial) Having a peculiar flavour supposed to be derived from the weeds growing among the vines; said of certain kinds of French brandy.
Small and weak; scraggy; ungainly
Of or relating to weeds; consisting of weeds.
* Shakespeare
Abounding with weeds.
* Bryant
(botany) Characteristic of a plant that grows rapidly and spreads invasively, and which grows opportunistically in cracks of sidewalks and disturbed areas.
As adjectives the difference between seedy and weedy
is that seedy is disreputable, run-down, sleazy while weedy is small and weak; scraggy; ungainly.seedy
English
Adjective
(er)- 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)
- pomegranates are as seedy as any fruit you are likely to see.
- His seedy , dirt-smudged visage caused her to look at him askance.
- With her aching back and pronounced limp, she was feeling particularly seedy today.
- After last night's party we were all feeling pretty seedy .
Derived terms
* seedy toeAnagrams
*weedy
English
Adjective
(er)- Weedy trophies.
- weedy''' grounds; a '''weedy''' garden; '''weedy corn
- See from the weedy earth a rivulet break.