sleazy
adjective
contemptibly low, mean, or disreputable.
sleaziness
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a word derived from
sleazy.
Example Sentences
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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
What he found ultimately led to a U.S. investigation into FIFA’s thoroughgoing sleaziness.
From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2018
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
Starring Elle Fanning and Ben Foster, the story combines the bleak sleaziness of Pizzolatto's worldview with a tenderness that comes from Laurent and her performers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2018
