seedy

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.
• little: You Are Most Like Bill Clinton No doubt, your legacy may be a little seedier than you'd like.
• 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.