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I know that Brighton is famously a mixture of the seedy and the elegant, but in the summer of 2001 seediness swamped elegance hands down.
Julie Burchill

Meaning of "seediness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SEEDINESS

seediness  [ˈsiːdɪnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SEEDINESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Seediness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SEEDINESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of seediness in the English dictionary

The definition of seediness in the dictionary is the quality of being seamy, run-down, dirty and perhaps associated with sordid activities.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SEEDINESS


bawdiness
ˈbɔːdɪnɪs
beadiness
ˈbiːdɪnɪs
cloudiness
ˈklaʊdɪnɪs
foolhardiness
ˈfuːlˌhɑːdɪnɪs
gaudiness
ˈɡɔːdɪnɪs
greediness
ˈɡriːdɪnɪs
handiness
ˈhændɪnɪs
hardiness
ˈhɑːdɪnɪs
moodiness
ˈmuːdɪnɪs
neediness
ˈniːdɪnɪs
readiness
ˈrɛdɪnɪs
speediness
ˈspiːdɪnɪs
steadiness
ˈstɛdɪnɪs
sturdiness
ˈstɜːdɪnɪs
tardiness
ˈtɑːdɪnɪs
trendiness
ˈtrendɪnɪs
tweediness
ˈtwiːdɪnɪs
unsteadiness
ʌnˈstɛdɪnɪs
weediness
ˈwiːdɪnɪs
wordiness
ˈwɜːdɪnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SEEDINESS

seedbox
seedcake
seedcase
seedeater
seeded
seeder
seedhead
seedier
seediest
seedily
seeding machine
seedless
seedlike
seedling
seedlip
seedman
seedness
seedsman
seedsmen
seedstock

WORDS THAT END LIKE SEEDINESS

agribusiness
big business
bulkiness
business
cleanliness
cleanliness is next to godliness
comeliness
dizziness
do the business
e-business
emptiness
family business
fitness
friendliness
happiness
holiness
laziness
loneliness
loveliness
show business
timeliness

Synonyms and antonyms of seediness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «seediness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SEEDINESS

Find out the translation of seediness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of seediness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «seediness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

seediness
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sordidez
570 millions of speakers

English

seediness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

seediness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

القذارة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

шероховатость
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

seediness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

seediness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

indisposition
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Seediness
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schäbigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

みすぼらしさ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

seediness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Seediness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

seediness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

seediness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बीज वायू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hırpanilik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

seediness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

seediness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шорсткість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

seediness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εξαθλίωσης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

seediness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

seediness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

seediness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of seediness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SEEDINESS»

The term «seediness» is normally little used and occupies the 143.843 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SEEDINESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about seediness

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QUOTES WITH «SEEDINESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word seediness.
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Julie Burchill
I know that Brighton is famously a mixture of the seedy and the elegant, but in the summer of 2001 seediness swamped elegance hands down.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEEDINESS»

Discover the use of seediness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to seediness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Graham Greene, an Introduction to His Writings
seediness may interest Greene is because it is so obvious a metaphor for a state of mind and soul. It serves such a purpose in Anthony and even more so in Minty. This Harrovian is Greene's seedy character par excellence. He lives in a dirty ...
Henry J. Donaghy, 1983
2
Journey Without Maps
There seemed to be a seediness about the place you couldn't get to the same extent elsewhere, and seediness has a very deep appeal : even the seediness of civilization, of the sky-signs in Leicester Square, the tarts in Bond Street, the smell  ...
Graham Greene, 1992
3
Integrated Pest Management for Citrus, Third Edition
Mandarins. and. Seediness. Some citrus cultivars naturally have few seeds. Other low-seeded cultivars have been developed through traditional selective breeding methods. Specially developed biotechnological methods and techniques ...
‎2012
4
Cultural Encounters: European Travel Writing in the 1930s
Another motivation for Greene's trip was the attraction of the 'seedi- ness' he discerns in Liberia's history and which he links to the appeal of 'the seediness of civilization, of the sky-signs in Leicester Square, the tarts in Bond Street, the smell of ...
Charles Burdett, Derek Duncan, 2002
5
The Naked Tourist: In Search of Adventure and Beauty in the ...
It was surprising that a vital seediness had been left intact inside so swanky a city , like the seediness that exerted its “deep appeal” over Graham Greene when he strolled through 1930s London: ... the seediness of civilization, of the sky-signs ...
Lawrence Osborne, 2007
6
Multiplicity in Unity: Plant Subindividual Variation and ...
Not surprisingly, within-plant variability in fruit seediness seems to be greatest in species that have many ovules per ovary, as exemplified in figure 2.6 by the frequency distributions of fruit seediness in representative individuals of four ...
Carlos M. Herrera, 2009
7
Boozehound: On the Trail of the Rare, the Obscure, and the ...
That disreputable nature—the inherent seediness—of the operation was part of its allure. With the faux speakeasy, no one is worried about the Feds busting up the place; they're merely concerned with keeping out the, you know, riffraff—that ...
Jason Wilson, 2010
8
Brothers and Strangers: Black Zion, Black Slavery, 1914–1940
Early on in Journey without Maps, he hit on the "seediness" of the Libe- rian capital as a kind of hyperreality: "There seemed to be a seediness about the place you couldn't get to the same extent elsewhere, and seediness has a very deep ...
I. K. Sundiata, 2003
9
Blueberries
The degree of seediness tends to be higher in rabbiteye than highbush blueberries. In a comparison of three rabbiteye cultivars ('Climax', 'Premier' and ' Tifblue') and two highbush ('Bluecrop' and 'Jersey'), a sensory panel gave higher  ...
Jorge B. Retamales, James F. Hancock, 2012
10
How to Paint Your Tractor
SEEDINESS. (Gritty, Dirty, Grainy, Speckled) Solid particles of various shapes and sizes embedded evenly throughout the paint film. CAUSE • Material not properly stirred or agitated. • Failure to strain material. • Using material exceeding its ...
Tharran E. Gaines, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEEDINESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term seediness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Great cast in need of better direction
Tapping into the seediness of life without offering substance. ... He can at times capture the seediness of life with a punch that leaves you breathless because of ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»
2
New book reveals Brunswick's 19th century underbelly
Winkler has invested years into researching the suburb's 19th century crime and seediness, and has compiled newspaper stories into a new book, Grungewick. «Herald Sun, Jul 15»
3
Curtain Call by Anthony Quinn review – an enjoyable pastiche of …
Set in 1936, against a backdrop of Blackshirts, tea shops, seedy boarding houses ... and from the pervasive atmosphere of seediness and anxiety, hypocrisy and ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
4
Dark, seedy soul of 'Breaking Bad' lives on vibrantly in 'Better Call …
But mostly, it captures the original's blend of seediness and dark humor, with the occasional moments of pants-soiling terror. The seediness? Jimmy's law office ... «Las Vegas Review-Journal, Feb 15»
5
Review: Mathieu Amalric's Beautifully Shot And Crafted 'The Blue …
Review: Mathieu Amalric's Beautifully Shot And Crafted 'The Blue Room' Could Use A Little More Seediness. Photo of Jessica Kiang By Jessica Kiang | The ... «Indie Wire, Oct 14»
6
VIDEO: Magaluf seediness hits new low as girl takes part in naked …
A SEEDY Magaluf bar crawl has culminated in a girl being cheated into taking part in a humiliating, naked squatting "game". Published 15th September 2014 ... «Daily Star, Sep 14»
7
A personal choice
STREET-WALKERS; kerb-crawlers; phone booths plastered with pictures of breasts and buttocks: the sheer seediness of prostitution is just one reason ... «The Economist, Aug 14»
8
Glimpses of the long-gone, cool, decaying seediness of 42nd Street
Glimpses of the long-gone, cool, decaying seediness of 42nd Street. Before it was swept clean and purified with Disney goodness, you could enjoy New York's ... «Boing Boing, Jul 14»
9
London's Soho is gentrified as seediness is swept away
"It's a wonderful location, part of real Soho: seedy, colourful and hidden," Norman said. A fan of Soho's "grit and grime," nevertheless "I really don't get on with the ... «South China Morning Post, Jun 14»
10
The basis for a fine thriller – money, sex, corruption
Is it drama that you want? Is it, perchance, stories of seediness, mobsters and corruption in high places? How high the place? Well, there's the Vatican. «The Globe and Mail, Mar 14»

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