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sleazy

[slee-zee, sley-zee]

adjective

sleazier, sleaziest 
  1. contemptibly low, mean, or disreputable.

    sleazy politics.

  2. squalid; sordid; filthy; dilapidated.

    a sleazy hotel.

  3. thin or poor in texture, as a fabric; cheap; flimsy.

    a sleazy dress;

    a sleazy excuse.



sleazy

/ ˈːɪ /

adjective

  1. sordid; disreputable

    a sleazy nightclub

  2. thin or flimsy, as cloth

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • sleazily adverb
  • sleaziness noun
  • ˈ𲹳 adverb
  • ˈ𲹳Ա noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sleazy1

First recorded in 1635–45 sleazy for def. 3; of obscure origin; probably unrelated to Silesia; first recorded in 1941 sleazy for defs. 1, 2; perhaps a distinct word
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sleazy1

C17: origin uncertain
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The Goggins gift for playing characters who are both sleazy and incredibly alluring was on full display in this Mother’s Day sketch about a brunch that gets very, very dirty.

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This time it's no holds barred, straight-up grift and corruption in the billions, featuring foreign governments, sleazy scam artists and a big play in the arcane world of cryptocurrency.

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Charli XCX drew one of the weekend's biggest crowds, for a sleazy, hedonistic run-through of her sleazy, hedonistic breakout album, Brat.

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“She hasn’t turned sleazy, hasn’t become part of a ‘12-fanged monster’ determined to do nothing but titillate and trash up the airwaves with its tawdry yarns,” staff writer Steve Weinstein wrote.

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