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Definition of Sleaziness

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

2. Noun. A lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing.

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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