Synonyms for sleazy
ˈsli zi, ˈsleɪ zisleazy

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1. sleazyadjective

   Synonyms:
   skeezy

2. sleazyadjective

   Marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate.

   Synonyms:
   skeezy

3. sleazyadjective

   Dishonorable; base; vulgar; raunchy; sordid.

   Synonyms:
   skeezy

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1. sleazyadjective

   of cloth; thin and loosely woven

   "the coat has a sleazy lining"

   Synonyms:
   sordid, chintzy, cheap, seamy, crummy, cheesy, squalid, tinny, seedy, bum, punk

   Antonyms:
   superior, thick, reputable

2. bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinnyadjective

   of very poor quality; flimsy

   Synonyms:
   seamy, flashy, chintzy, garish, inexpensive, trashy, chinchy, meretricious, tacky, gimcrack, squalid, loud, seedy, flash, brassy, cheap, crummy, cheesy, gaudy, tawdry, bum, tinny, tatty, sordid, punk

   Antonyms:
   reputable, thick, superior

3. seamy, seedy, sleazy, sordid, squalidadjective

   morally degraded

   "a seedy district"; "the seamy side of life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"; "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly; "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce; "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal"

   Synonyms:
   indisposed, chintzy, poorly(p), ailing, squalid, peaked(p), scruffy, dirty, tinny, bum, flyblown, crummy, unwell, cheesy, seedy, seamy, cheap, sordid, under the weather, punk, sickly

   Antonyms:
   thick, superior, reputable

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1. sleazyadjective

   Synonyms:
   thin, flimsy, weak

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1. sleazyadjective

   Synonyms:
   flimsy, thin, gauzy

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1. List of paraphrases for "sleazy":

   sordid, squalid

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How to use sleazy in a sentence?

1. Piers Morgan:

   Theres nothing sleazy about it, or nasty, or even remotely problematic to quote the ghastly buzzword of modern-day political correctness.

2. Dan Gainor:

   The article was sleazy which essentially defines Gawker, they would have done the same if they caught him using a hook-up site to have sex with a female porn star. Gawker traffics in causing pain to people through public humiliation.

3. Matt Eonta:

   Anything that we could think of to try to get people to put additional pressure on UHC, it didn't work. It seemed like a sleazy, kind of underbelly moment for me in terms of how this insurance company actually worked.

4. Dan Gainor:

   By using the word ‘Advent,’ the magazine turned its sleazy, soft-core modeling segments into a controversy, of course it’s sacrilegious. That was the intention.