Friday, April 25, 2014

Lesson 193--negative vocabulary


a seedy motel
Even though the weekend is nearly here, I seem to be in a less than excited mood.  As a result, I am going to teach you some less than happy vocabulary

sketchy:  We use this word to describe things that are illegitimate, illegal, slightly illegal, dirty, nasty and unsafe.

e.g.      That neighbourhood is very sketchy.
            Paul's plans were so sketchy that nobody wanted to participate.
            The whole thing was rather sketchy.  I am glad it's over.

 

seedy:  We use this to describe things that are illegal, dirty and less than desirable.

e.g.      The nightclub looked too seedy for Barbara.
            The hotel manager was seedy looking.
            The apartment was seedy and very few people wanted to rent it.

 

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