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Sleazy

Sleazy Meaning & Definition
Sleazy Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Sleazy?

[adj] 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"
[adj] (informal) of very poor quality
[adj] of cloth; thin and loosely woven; "the coat has a sleazy lining"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Sleazy: bum | cheap | cheesy | chintzy | crummy | disreputable | inferior | punk | seamy | seedy | sordid | squalid | thin | tinny

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Sleazy In Webster's Dictionary

\Slea"zy\, a. [Cf. G. schleissig worn out, threadbare, from schleissen to slit, split, decay, or E. leasy.] Wanting firmness of texture or substance; thin; flimsy; as, sleazy silk or muslin. [Spelt also {slazy}.]

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