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[ UK /slˈiːzi/ ]
[ US /ˈsɫizi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. of cloth; thin and loosely woven
    the coat has a sleazy lining
  2. of very poor quality; flimsy
  3. morally degraded
    sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls
    a seedy district
    sleazy characters hanging around casinos
    the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils
    the seamy side of life
    the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal

How To Use sleazy In A Sentence

  • They were a bit more seedy and sleazy, which was what I liked.
  • This seems like an unnecessary attention-seeking tactic, making sure we notice a particularly sleazy line.
  • Plus the clothes here were perfectly fine, and I wasn't wasting my money on some sleazy outfit from some swanky store just for a date.
  • Human nature is greedy, devious and sleazy, and most salacious tabloid stories are merely reflecting that fact.
  • I read it again, but instead of seeing a heavily made up moll with a dark bob and beaded dress with a pout, I envisioned a sleazy, straight, middle-aged white man.
  • People shot and stabbed and strangled each other in sleazy bars and hillside mansions, strip malls, abandoned houses and parking lots. Denise Hamilton discusses Sugar Skull
  • This part of town is full of sleazy bars and restaurants.
  • And some CBS people I've talked to, as you well know, have referred to you as selfish, as sleazy, as a snake in the grass, and some other things that I can't say on the air.
  • Nevertheless, I do not see sex between consenting adults as seamy, sleazy or even necessarily steamy.
  • It is not an antiwoman backlash that has cost Senator Clinton; it's the sleazy nature of her campaign. Mail Call: Debating Hillary
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