seediness
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7.7
- noun
- /ˈsiːdiness/
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desaliño
- Despite its seediness, the bar was popular among locals who enjoyed the atmosphere.
They live for all of the sort of the drama and the seediness of all this stuff that's come out.
- They live for all of the sort of the drama and the seediness of all this stuff that's come out.
- They no one cared, right, Because there was no element of naughtiness and seediness there, you know, But anyway, so how did I become a dad?
Examples
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The area's monied seediness made it a perfect location for Hartright's encounter and had all sorts of associations that Collins would not have needed to explain to his readership.
Academic text (2010) -
In her neons, Tracey Emin takes a material that has long been associated with seediness to communicate some very adolescent feelings.
Academic text (2015) -
Just the sort of absolute seediness
Fiction book (2000) -
Your book captures a lot of this seediness that still thrived in New York.
Blog text (9) -
They live for all of the sort of the drama and the seediness of all this stuff that's come out.
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They no one cared, right, Because there was no element of naughtiness and seediness there, you know, But anyway, so how did I become a dad?
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Michener's comparison of Capote to Toulouse-Lautrec evokes an artist of a similarly short stature who stylistically transformed the seediness of another metropolitan life into art.
Academic text (2016) -
For the others—Earl, Lana, Todd, Marie, Courtney, and Blake—its seediness was charming and odd.
Fiction book (1998) -
The old neighborhood had a certain seediness, with its cracked sidewalks and peeling paint on the houses.
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Visitors were surprised by the seediness of the area, which was far from the glamorous image in travel brochures.
Synonyms
15
2.3
Dirt and soot that make a surface look dirty
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6.1
A state of looking old, worn, or dirty
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8.8
A state of being dirty and morally bad
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1.0
Not being clean because it has mud, dust or stains
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4.5
A messy, untidy look or way of dressing that seems careless
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4.2
A very dirty state with waste and rubbish
Being dirty and shabby in appearance because of old or untidy clothes
A shabby, dirty look from old, worn clothes
A dirty or dull look that makes something seem old
Dirt and grease that cover a surface and make it look dirty
Antonyms
How Seedy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Seediness comes from seed meaning the small part of a plant and from the adjective seedy, which once meant 'full of seeds' and later 'sick' or 'worn'. So, seediness now means being shabby, dirty, or not respectable.