释义
[ slee -zee, sley -zee ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈsli zi, ˈsleɪ zi / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective, slea·zi·er, slea·zi·est. contemptibly low, mean, or disreputable: sleazy politics.
squalid; sordid; filthy; dilapidated: a sleazy hotel.
thin or poor in texture, as a fabric; cheap; flimsy: a sleazy dress; a sleazy excuse.
Origin of 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, adverb slea·zi·ness, noun Words nearby sleazy sleave, sleaze, sleazebag, sleazeball, sleaze factor, sleazy , sled, sledder, sledding, sled dog, sledge
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Example sentences from the Web for sleazy Or as Joey, the sleazy , besieged used car salesman in Cadillac Man.
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The right-wing press will traffic in all kinds of sleazy rumors the instant she catches cold.
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He encountered a sleazy justicary who stitched up shady deals in the back rooms of cafs.
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If too large, on the other hand, the work is apt to be sleazy .
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The rest that they bring is silks, very poor and sleazy , except some silk which is brought in raw or spun into thread.
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Now I am mortally afraid of rats and mice, and what I had touched had the sleazy feel of frayed silk.
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Wearily the woman began to pull about her shoulders a wrinkled, sleazy wrap.
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British Dictionary definitions for sleazy adjective -zier or -ziest sordid; disreputable a sleazy nightclub
thin or flimsy, as cloth
Derived forms of sleazy sleazily , adverb sleaziness , noun Word Origin for sleazy C17: origin uncertain
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