Definition of Sleaziness

1. Noun. Morally dishonorable. "An embarrassing sleaziness that I hope will be corrected by the more ethical newspapers"

Generic synonyms: Dishonorableness, Dishonourableness
Derivative terms: Sleazy

2. Noun. A lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing.
Exact synonyms: Manginess, Seediness, Shabbiness
Generic synonyms: Inelegance
Specialized synonyms: Raggedness
Derivative terms: Mangy, Seedy, Shabby, Sleazy

Definition of Sleaziness

1. n. Quality of being sleazy.

Definition of Sleaziness

1. Noun. The property of being sleazy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sleaziness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sleaziness

sleaves
sleaving
sleaze-ridden
sleaze factor
sleazebag
sleazebags
sleazeball
sleazemonger
sleazemongers
sleazes
sleazier
sleaziest
sleazily
sleaziness (current term)
sleazinesses
sleazo
sleazoid
sleazoids
sleazy
sleb
slebs
sled
sled dog
sled dogs
sledded
sledder
sledders
sledding

Literary usage of Sleaziness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Flügel-schmidt-tanger Wörterbuch der englischen und deutschen Sprache: Für by Immanuel Schmidt, Gustav Tanger (1907)
"ness, f. sleazy, sleaziness. t to sli'iil. (. to sley. slcif//i [sia], Am. ber ©d)litten, bei. ..."

2. Shakespeare: His Life, Art, and Characters: His Life, Art, and Characters by Henry Norman Hudson (1895)
"... and this has wrought a certain chronic sleaziness into his texture, and rendered him more and more the sport of contradictory impulses and humours. ..."

3. The New General and Mining Telegraph Code by Charles Algernon Moreing, Thomas Neal (1907)
"Worth (continued) 29361 sleaziness . Think it is well worth while to try 29362 Sleazy . . Is not worth altogether 2 9363 Sledging . ..."

4. An Original and illustrated physiological and physiognomical chart by Joseph Simms (1873)
"... expert judge of the weight of animals; nor can you well peer into objects sufficiently closely to tell where compactness reigns or sleaziness abounds. ..."

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