Definitions for: Weedy


[adj] having unattractive thinness; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck"
[adj] abounding with or resembling weeds; "a weedy path"; "weedy plants that take over a garden"



Webster (1913) Definition: Weed"y, a. [Compar. Weedier; superl. Weediest.]
1. Of or pertaining to weeds; consisting of weeds. ``Weedy
trophies.'' --Shak.

2. Abounding with weeds; as, weedy grounds; a weedy garden;
weedy corn.

See from the weedy earth a rivulet break. --Bryant.

3. Scraggy; ill-shaped; ungainly; -- said of colts or horses,
and also of persons. [Colloq.]


Weed"y, a.
Dressed in weeds, or mourning garments. [R. or Colloq.]

She was as weedy as in the early days of her mourning.
--Dickens.

Synonyms: lean, scraggy, scrawny, skinny, thin, underweight

Antonyms: weedless

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