seedier

ADJECTIVE

run-down, dilapidated

Synonyms

STRONGEST

crummy decaying decrepit dingy grubby scruffy shabby sleazy squalid tacky

WEAK

ailing beat up bedraggled dog-eared down-at-the-heel drooping droopy faded flagging frowzy gone to seed in a bad way mangy messy neglected old overgrown poor poorly ragged ratty sagging sickly slovenly tattered threadbare tired torn unkempt untidy unwell used up wilted wilting worn

Antonyms

STRONGEST

clean good neat nice respectable

WEAK

luxurious posh

Example Sentences

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seedier

Stephanie Foggett is focused on the darker, seedier parts of that ecosystem.

From Slate ● Aug. 9, 2022

By the early 1960s, the crowds were seedier, the clubs grubbier and the production all but gone.

From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2022

My first instinct was to make a savory granola, which was … nice, but I realized that I was looking for a nuttier, seedier — dare I say it — crunchier result.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 23, 2022

Prosecutors called the case an “extreme” example of the darker and seedier side of modern technology.

From Seattle Times ● May 13, 2021

The trailer was seedier than I remembered, and the babies’ play area was a mucky mess.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter