sleazy (redirected from sleazier)

slea·zy  (slz)

adj. slea·zi·er, slea·zi·est

1.

a. Shabby, dirty, and vulgar; tawdry: "sleazy storefronts with torn industrial carpeting and dirt on the walls" Seattle Weekly.

b. Dishonest or corrupt; disreputable: Some sleazy characters hang around casinos.

2. Made of low-quality materials; cheap or shoddy.

3. Thin and loosely woven; flimsy: The coat has a sleazy lining.

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sleazi·ly adv.

sleazi·ness n.

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sleazy

Adjective

[-zier, -ziest] dirty, rundown, and not respectable: a sleazy hotel [origin unknown]

sleaziness n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	sleazy - of cloth; thin and loosely woven; "the coat has a sleazy lining" thin - of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section; "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint"
	2.	sleazy - of very poor quality; flimsy cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, bum, tinny, cheap colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech inferior - of low or inferior quality
	3.	sleazy - morally degraded; "a seedy district"; "the seamy side of life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"; "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly; "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce; "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal" sordid, squalid, seamy, seedy disreputable - lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance

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sleazy

adjective squalid, seedy, sordid, low, rundown, tacky (informal) disreputable, crummy, scungy Austral., N.Z.

Translations

sleazy [ˈsliːzɪ] adj (fig) [place] → sórdido

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sleazy [ˈsliːzɪ] adj → miteux/euse, minable

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sleazy [ˈsliːzɪ] adj → schäbig

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sleazy [ˈsliːzɪ] adj → trasandato/a