English Explanatory Dictionary

weedy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Abounding with weeds.
  2. Of, relating to or resembling weeds.
  3. Consisting of weeds.
  4. Characteristic of a plant that grows rapidly and spreads invasively, and which grows opportunistically in cracks of sidewalks and disturbed areas.
  5. Small and weak.
  6. Lacking power or effectiveness.

Pronunciation

/ˈwiːdi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-weedy.wav

Word forms

weedy weedier weediest

Etymology

From weed + -y.

Synonyms

weedlike scraggy ungainly angular anorexic carrion emaciated gangling gangly gaunt haggard macilent lank lanky leptosome pencil-necked puny rangy rawboned reedy scrawny skin and bones skinny starved thin as a rake undernourished underweight wasted weedy feeble anemic breakable broken-down damaged debilitated decrepit delicate dickless effete enervated enfeebled exhausted faint flimsy fragile frail harmed hurt impaired impotent infirm injured languid low powerless prostrated prostrate raddled resistless sapped

Derived words

weedily weediness weedy hawksbeard weedy sea dragon
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