Seamy vs. Seedy — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Seamy and Seedy
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Definitions
Seamy➦
Sordid; base
"seamy tales of aberrant sexual practices, messy divorces, drug addiction, mental instability, and suicide attempts" (Barbara Goldsmith).
Seedy➦
Having many seeds.
Seamy➦
Having, marked with, or showing a seam.
Seedy➦
Resembling seeds or a seed.
Seamy➦
Sordid, squalid or corrupt.
Seedy➦
Worn and shabby; unkempt
"He was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin" (Mark Twain).
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Seamy➦
Having or showing a seam.
Seedy➦
Somewhat disreputable; squalid
A seedy hotel in a run-down neighborhood.
Seamy➦
Having a seam; containing seams, or showing them.
Everything has its fair, as well as its seamy, side.
Seedy➦
Chiefly British Tired or sick; unwell.
Seamy➦
Morally degraded;
A seedy district
The seamy side of life
Sleazy characters hanging around casinos
Sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls
The sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils
The squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal
Seedy➦
Full of seeds.
Pomegranates are as seedy as any fruit you are likely to see.
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Seedy➦
(figurative) Disreputable, run-down.
Seedy➦
Untidy; unkempt.
His seedy, dirt-smudged visage caused her to look at him askance.
Seedy➦
Infirm; unwell; gone to seed.
With her aching back and pronounced limp, she was feeling particularly seedy today.
Seedy➦
Suffering the effects of a hangover.
After last night’s party we were all feeling pretty seedy.
Seedy➦
Having the flavour of seeds.
Seedy➦
(colloquial) Having a peculiar flavour supposed to be derived from the weeds growing among the vines; said of certain kinds of French brandy.
Seedy➦
Abounding with seeds; bearing seeds; having run to seeds.
Seedy➦
Having a peculiar flavor supposed to be derived from the weeds growing among the vines; - said of certain kinds of French brandy.
Seedy➦
Old and worn out; exhausted; spiritless; also, poor and miserable looking; shabbily clothed; shabby looking; as, he looked seedy; a seedy coat.
Little Flanigan here . . . is a little seedy, as we say among us that practice the law.
Seedy➦
Full of seeds;
As seedy as a fig
Seedy➦
Shabby and untidy;
A surge of ragged scruffy children
He was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin
Seedy➦
Morally degraded;
A seedy district
The seamy side of life
Sleazy characters hanging around casinos
Sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls
The sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils
The squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal
Seedy➦
Weak and feeble;
I'm feeling seedy today
