sleazy

1635–45; (def. 3) of obscure origin (probably unrelated to Silesia other than by folk etymology); sense of defs. 1, 2 (first attested 1941) perhaps represent a distinct word

OTHER WORDS FROM sleazy

slea·zi·ly, adverbslea·zi·ness, noun

Words nearby sleazy

sleave, sleaze, sleazebag, sleazeball, sleaze factor, sleazy, sled, sledder, sledding, sled dog, sledge

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How to use sleazy in a sentence

Or as Joey, the sleazy, besieged used car salesman in Cadillac Man.
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Octopus is one of those sleazy and boorish Americans whose instincts prove correct.
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And that is this sleazy rabbit hole in its most perfect summation.
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How can she wax poetically about soiling herself at parties and not get branded as sleazy trash, a la Ke$ha?
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When the ship docks, the “property” is scooped up by a sleazy slave merchant (Paul Giamatti), and sold at auction.
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She wore wooden sabots on her feet, and upon her body a tattered, sleazy black frock.
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Finally he gave them up too, and one morning came to work wearing a flimsy, sleazy, negligee shirt.
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It was a thin, tattered, dried-fish-like thing; printed with blurred ink upon mean, sleazy paper.
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It was brief, occupying only about four pages of the small, sleazy note paper that we bought in those days of the sutlers.
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Joe watched his narrow, bent shoulders under the sleazy shirt.
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British Dictionary definitions for sleazy

sleazy

/ (ˈsliːzɪ) /

adjective -zier or -ziest

sordid; disreputablea sleazy nightclub

thin or flimsy, as cloth

Derived forms of sleazy

sleazily, adverbsleaziness, noun

Word Origin for sleazy

C17: origin uncertain

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