Lexic.us

Definition of Sleazy

1. Adjective. Of cloth; thin and loosely woven. "The coat has a sleazy lining"

2. Adjective. Of very poor quality; flimsy.

3. Adjective. Morally degraded. "The squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal"

Definition of Sleazy

1. a. Wanting firmness of texture or substance; thin; flimsy; as, sleazy silk or muslin.

Definition of Sleazy

1. Adjective. Marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate. ¹

2. Adjective. Dishonorable; base; vulgar; raunchy; sordid. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sleazy

1. shoddy [adj SLEAZIER, SLEAZIEST] : SLEAZILY [adv] - See also: shoddy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sleazy

sleazebag sleazebags sleazeball sleazemonger sleazemongers sleazes sleazier sleaziest sleazily sleaziness

sleazinesses sleazo sleazoid sleazoids sleazy (current term) sleb slebs sled sled dog sled dogs

sledded sledder sledders sledding sleddings sleddog sleddogs sleded sledge

Literary usage of Sleazy

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

1. 595 Pulpit Pungencies: With a Table of Contents by Henry Ward Beecher (1866)
"T HERE are some men that are born so sleazy that it seems as though no sew- Bom ing would make them into garments of any ' ' uy account. ..."

2. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"Slazy, sleazy. Thin, almost worn through. 1820 I can foresee the time when our fine twilled linen shall be as much superior to the ..."

3. Tʻoung pao by Demiéville, Paul, Jan Julius Lodewijk Duyvendak, Henri Cordier, Paul Pelliot, Edouard Chavannes, Gustaaf Schlegel (1890)
"... »thin of hair; a loose or sleazy stuff" (Pijnappel, Op. cit. I 78). Perhaps = Chinese fang se ( j§í ^jî) sleazy gauze; comp. ..."

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