Adjective complement with noun phrase

• feel: It's a nice day now, and I feel a bit less seedy than writing in a flooded underpass at 5am.

Modifies a noun

• underbelly: What I've heard of his music before has been dark, gritty rap about Britain ' s seedy underbelly.

• underworld: It's a painting of communal harmony; a portrait of a seedy underworld eroding in Benetton colors.

• nightclub: The action takes place in a seedy nightclub with two tables.

• toe: Make sure that your horses are always fully vaccinated against tetanus, an invariably fatal infection which can gain access through a seedy toe.

• bar: Think the drama and drag glamor of Rocky Horror set in a seedy bar in a galaxy far, far away.

• side: We set off looking for the seedy side of town.

Modifying Another Word

• rather: We eventually found the place which turned out to be a rather seedy looking underground car park.

• somewhat: A fine but somewhat seedy specimen that has stood the test of time.

• slightly: He's not an obvious choice for Macbeth, tho, looking more like a slightly seedy math professor than a military hero.

• very: Either way, it's a very seedy way of marketing.

• pretty: However both the piers were, by then, pretty seedy places.

Used with adjective complement

• feel: It seemed more for men getting a DVD, not for taking women in as it felt very seedy.

• look: He got up for dinner and to-day but is still looking rather seedy.

• become: They blame a recent drop in theater attendances on the impression that the West End has become seedy in recent years.