sleaziness
- a word derived from sleazy.
Example Sentences
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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
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
“I suggest that clients compel the extortionist to commit to his sleaziness, which puts him on the defensive.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2019
He added that there's also a standard of what in other industries might be seen as sleaziness that's normalized in music, and even expected.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2018
In creative writing classes we warn of the sleaziness of the adverb, but we never quite discuss the many cheap thrills of local color worship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2014
