Skeezy

//ˈskiːzi// adj, slang

adj, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Despicable, tasteless. slang

    "“It feels really different to pay for access to people,” said Kathryn D. Coduto, a Boston University professor who studies dating apps. “Paying for it makes it feel a little skeezy.”"

  2. 2
    Sleazy. slang

    "I jilled while babysitting, having found a cache of skeezy porno mags hidden at the bottom of a big basket of magazines in one family's master bathroom."

Synonyms

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sleazysleazy

Example

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"“It feels really different to pay for access to people,” said Kathryn D. Coduto, a Boston University professor who studies dating apps. “Paying for it makes it feel a little skeezy.”"

Etymology

US, 1992. Variant of sleazy, possibly influenced by sketchy (“dubious, unnerving”); alternatively analyzed as blend of sketchy + sleazy.

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