sleazy
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sleazy
- /ˈsliː.zi/
Rhymes with -iːzi
Where it comes from
Origin obscure. Possibly a corruption of silesia. Silesia was formerly the most important location of Germany’s weaving industry.
adjective sleazier · sleaziest
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Marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate.
There were two or three all-night diners to choose from and they pushed through the door that announced GOOD EATS in the brightest neon. It was the usual sleazy food-machine - two tired waitresses behind a zinc counter loaded with cigarettes and candy and paperbacks and comics.
Similar: ass, bad, base, below par, bottom-shelf, BTEC, bum, cheap, cheap and nasty, cheapshit, cheesy, chintzy
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Raunchy or perverted in nature; tastelessly sexual.
Sleazy, yeah, I like it sleazy / Oh let's get nasty baby / I like it sleazy / I'll take you for a bad ride
Similar: skeezy
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Untrustworthy, unethical.
She hated Ed Feinberg, the sleazy, lying, blood-sucking small-timer. Still he was a man; if he had called her up in the old days, in Seattle, she'd have entertained him.
Similar: unreliable, questionable, sketchy, shady, slimy
- Thin and flimsy. Shortly after his return in infirm old age to his native land, a little narrative of his adventures, forlornly published on sleazy gray paper, appeared among the peddlers, written, probably, not by himself, but taken down from his lips by another.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: sordid, crummy, inferior, squalid, seamy, seedy, disreputable, thin, bum, punk, chintzy, cheap, tinny, cheesy, crappy, crude
Translations
Talk about this word "sleazy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sleazy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. sleazy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sleazy "sleazy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sleazy.Cite this
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title = {sleazy},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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