sleazy
65
6.5
- adjective
- /ˈsliːzi/
- Offensive
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sórdido
- At times, the web of corruption, the sleazy practices of contractors and developers, becomes almost overwhelming.
Even if you like writing about sleazy people, that's fine.
- Even if you like writing about sleazy people, that's fine.
- I kind of missed the old sort of sleazy Times Square in a way.
- No, not in a spammy, sleazy, salesy kind of way.
- The word selling sometimes comes off sleazy.
- Let's say sex parties like you go to some and they're really sleazy.
- People think I'm going to tell them things about sleazy agents or terrible producers or bad clients.
- And they have one episode on like the sleazy TV, the Jerry Springer, Maury, Steve Wilkos of the world.
- They are the worst MCN by far and I totally don't put it past them to do something that's sleazy.
- Like it's, you see kind of those sleazy sales letters that, that are pushing a, a questionable product.
- That may be a nice sleazy political stratagem, but it is definitely not the stuff of a life well lived.
Examples
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So I'm going to talk about maybe the most important kind of sleazy behavior in a company.
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And all anyone remembers is that you were involved in something sleazy.
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I kind of missed the old sort of sleazy Times Square in a way.
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There is no business without sleazy ways. Ask anyone in any kind of business.
Blog text (13) -
Or maybe I made this up to justify my presence in this sleazy little bar.
Fiction book (1999) -
People think I'm going to tell them things about sleazy agents or terrible producers or bad clients.
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The Slow Club is a sleazy nightclub on the outskirts of town.
Fiction book (1997) -
Ray Vargas, the sleazy American drug lawyer, has a briefcase full of money.
Fiction book (1999) -
The hotel had a sleazy atmosphere, with dim lighting and questionable residents.
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He always wore a sleazy smile that made people uneasy around him.
Synonyms
46
7.5
Dirty and morally wrong, often involving dishonest or cruel acts
26
6.1
Looking dirty and run down and often linked to crime
6
8.4
The bad hidden side of a place or person, often connected to crime
6
8.0
Very dishonest or cruel in a way that makes people feel disgusted
4
8.6
Dirty and unpleasant, like a place with sticky floors
2
8.0
Having very low moral standards
2
9.9
Looks dishonest, dirty, or unsafe to be around
1
9.9
Having a bad and dishonest character
1
9.9
Slightly shady but oddly attractive
Dishonest and cruel in ways that hurt others
Appearing in a way people think is sexually loose or rude
Antonyms
How Immoral
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sleazy later moved from meaning 'shabby in look' to meaning 'morally low' or 'dishonest', because a dirty, cheap place was thought to hide bad behavior. The same root gives us the noun sleaze, so think of sleazy as a warning about someone or somewhere that seems 'shady' and untrustworthy.