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Dictionary: weed·y   (') pronunciation
 
adj., -i·er, -i·est.
  1. Full of or consisting of weeds: a weedy lawn.
  2. Resembling or characteristic of a weed: a weedy plant.
  3. Of a scrawny build; spindly or gawky.
weedily weed'i·ly adv.
weediness weed'i·ness n.
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adjective

    Having little flesh or fat on the body: angular, bony, fleshless, gaunt, lank, lanky, lean2, meager, rawboned, scrawny, skinny, slender, slim, spare, thin, twiggy. Idioms: all skin and bones, thin as a rail. See fat/thin.

 
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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: abounding with or resembling weeds
  Antonym: weedless (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: having unattractive thinness
  Synonyms: scraggy, scrawny, skinny, underweight


 
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ukrudtsbefængt, høj og ranglet, splejset

Nederlands (Dutch)
onkruidachtig, dun

Français (French)
adj. - envahi de mauvaises herbes, relatif aux mauvaises herbes, qui pousse de façon éparse (une plante), chétif, à l'air malingre

Deutsch (German)
adj. - mit Unkraut überwachsen, kümmerlich, (ugs.) kraftlos

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - χορταριασμένος, (καθομ.) ψηλόλιγνος, άχαρος

Italiano (Italian)
coperto di erbacce, sparuto, bolso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - cheio de ervas daninhas, fraco

Русский (Russian)
заросший сорняками, сорный, хилый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - lleno de hierbajos o malezas, flaco, enclenque

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - full av ogräs

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
尽是杂草的, 瘦弱的, 似杂草的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 儘是雜草的, 瘦弱的, 似雜草的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 잡초투성이의, 가냘픈

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 雑草の多い, 雑草のような

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) لا خير فيه, قبح الشكل, ضعيف الجسم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מלא עשבים שוטים, חלש, רפה, גבוה ורזה‬


 
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