sleazy

slea·zy

 (slē′zē)

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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slea′zi·ly adv.

slea′zi·ness n.

sleazy

(ˈsliːzɪ)

adj, -zier or -ziest

1. sordid; disreputable: a sleazy nightclub.

2. (Textiles) thin or flimsy, as cloth

[C17: origin uncertain]

ˈsleazily adv

ˈsleaziness n

slea•zy

(ˈsli zi, ˈsleɪ zi)

adj. -zi•er, -zi•est.

1. contemptibly low or disreputable.

2. squalid; filthy: a sleazy hotel.

3. thin and limp in texture: sleazy satin; a sleazy dress.

[1635–45; of obscure orig.]

slea′zi•ly, adv.

slea′zi•ness, 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

sleazy

adjective squalid, seedy, sordid, low, run-down, tacky (informal), disreputable, crummy, scungy (Austral. & N.Z.) sleazy bars

sleazy

adjective

1. Showing signs of wear and tear or neglect:

bedraggled, broken-down, decaying, decrepit, dilapidated, dingy, down-at-heel, faded, mangy, rundown, scrubby, scruffy, seedy, shabby, shoddy, tattered, tatty, threadbare.

Informal: tacky.

Slang: ratty.

Idioms: all the worse for wear, gone to pot, past cure.

2. Of decidedly inferior quality:

base, cheap, lousy, miserable, paltry, poor, rotten, shoddy, trashy.

Informal: cheesy.

Slang: crummy, schlocky.

Translations

قَذِر ومُهْمَل

zanedbaný

heruntergekommen

abjectdégoutantdégoûtantminablerepoussant

lompos

sjúskaîur

leggerosporcountuoso

neapkoptsnetīrs

obskórnyplugawypodejrzany

bakımsız ve pis

破败不堪的

sleazy

[ˈsliːzɪ] ADJ (sleazier (compar) (sleaziest (superl))) (= sordid) [place] → sórdido, asqueroso; (= filthy) [person] → desaseado, desaliñado; (= corrupt) [deal etc] → poco limpio, sucio

sleazy

[ˈsliːzi] adj [bar, area] → louche; [person] → vicieux/euse; [cinema, magazine] → cochon(ne)

sleazy

adj (+er) (inf) → schäbig

sleazy

[ˈsliːzɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → squallido/a, infimo/a

sleazy

(ˈsliːzi) adjective

dirty and neglected. This area is rather sleazy. vervalle, vuil قَذِر ومُهْمَل занемарен decrépito zanedbaný heruntergekommen snusket άθλιος, βρόμικοςsórdido räpane, hooletusse jäetud كثيف و درب و داغون rähjäinen minableמלוכלך गंदगी zapušten, prljav lompos dan kotor sjúskaður squallido みすぼらしい 너저분한 apšepęs, nuskuręs, varganas netīrs; neapkopts kotor dan jelek armzaligsjusket, snusketzaniedbany, lichy نازك، سست، ژرڅيرې كيدونكى (لكه ټوكر decrépito murdar, soios неряшливый; заброшенный zanedbaný, úbohý beden zapušten sjabbig, sjaskig สกปรก bakımsız ve pis 又髒又亂的 неохайний غلاظت بھرا nhớp nhúa, bẩn thỉu 破败不堪的