sleazy
adjective
contemptibly low, mean, or disreputable.
sleaziness
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a word derived from
sleazy.
Example Sentences
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If only our decade had a gallant narrative for the history books to counterbalance all of the sleaziness, like when the Continental Army took over airports during the Revolutionary War.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2024
These winning, down-on-their-luck characters inject enough charm into the movie to counteract the sleaziness of the trope, although their victims are grieving elderly women, a uniquely vulnerable cohort.
From Slate ● Mar. 29, 2024
The sleaziness gets even worse if one goes to the "He Gets Us" website.
From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2024
Mr. Margolin “radiated sleaziness and personified sly treachery with a winning charm,” author George V. Higgins wrote in the Wall Street Journal.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2022
Honestly he's so evidently a sleazy guy that the kind of sleaziness of the encounter isnt particularly surprising, and the rest of it is very meh.
From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2018
