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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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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

That world-weary take on Hedwig fits Olney’s seedier vision for the show, which got a glitzy Broadway makeover but had black-box origins off-Broadway.

From Washington Post • Nov. 22, 2021

It was seedier, cheaper and home to plenty of downscale establishments where Marshall and his peers felt welcome.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2020

I spent a couple of hours visiting the seedier taverns around the University, making casual conversations, asking casual questions.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss