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

“The collision between fantasy and reality — the land of dreams and Tinseltown and all that. But then there’s also that seedier side. It’s just totally unique in that way.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

Novelists have always been entranced with the seedier side of show business, from Michael Tolkin’s classic “The Player” to Theodore Roszak’s paranoiac “Flicker” to Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s devilish “Silver Nitrate.”

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2024

And in the present, he tries to get his life back on track in the seedier sections of the Los Angeles waterfront.

From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2022

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

From Slate ● Aug. 9, 2022

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