weedy
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3.0
- adjective
- /ˈwiːdi/
:
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- I walked past small, rundown bungalows with weedy lawns and noticed the bars over the windows.
- weedy species
- weedy plants
- weedy lots
He says that they came upon a coastline of mingled mud ooze and weedy cyclopean masonry.
- He says that they came upon a coastline of mingled mud ooze and weedy cyclopean masonry.
- But it's by far it's it's so far weedy that if you looked up close, you say, Luke, your garden is full of weeds.
- Dirty, rotten and weedy and habitat.
- It's almost starting to look less diarrhea to me and looking a little bit more weedy.
Examples
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And I think if you didn't have the boxwood, it would just look like a big weedy mess, right?
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In pictures where it sits in a weedy field, it looks like a junk heap.
Academic text (2011) -
Christopher went right to the glass and stood looking out at the weedy waste.
Fiction book (2002) -
The lawn was nothing more than a weedy jungle growing right up to the foundation.
Fiction book (1993) -
It's a bit weedy just here, that's all.
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The grass in front was long and weedy, and the bushes looked half-dead.
Fiction book (2001) -
Men in army blankets walk along the weedy shoulders, long staffs in their hands.
Fiction book (1997) -
I tiptoed around the side of the Stokeses' house and into their weedy backyard.
Fiction book (1999) -
The alley ended at the entrance to a weedy yard patrolled by feral cats.
Academic text (2003) -
The garden was neglected and overrun with weedy plants, making it look unkempt.
Synonyms
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3.4
Covered with plants that grow out of control
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3.8
Covered with many low bushes or thick plants
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4.8
Overgrown with weeds that make it hard to walk
Covered with thick plants and small trees like a wild forest
Antonyms
Compounds
How Overgrown
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Weedy comes from weed, the wild or unwanted plant, plus an ending that means 'full of', so a weedy garden or field is simply one that has many unwanted plants.