Sleaze

//sliːz// noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Low moral standards. uncountable

    "ministerial sleaze and mendacity"

  2. 2
    tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar wordnet
  3. 3
    A person of low moral standards. countable, informal

    "She knew that sleaze Hakido would do something to stick the knife in and twist it to the hilt."

  4. 4
    A man who is sexually aggressive or forward with women to the point of causing disgust. countable, informal

    "1989, Weekly World News, "My hubby robbed the cradle and left me with the baby", 7 November, p. 42. I'll bet you dollars to doughnuts that sleaze slept with your boss and I wouldn't take it lying down."

  5. 5
    sleazy material informal, uncountable

    "a tabloid newspaper full of sleaze"

Verb
  1. 1
    To act or progress in a sleazy manner.

    "He sleazed his way over to the women at the bar."

  2. 2
    To slander.

Synonyms

All synonyms
anusarseholeassass-lickerassmouthassmuncher

Example

More examples

"The sleaze on The Block is not something children should see."

Etymology

Back-formation from sleazy, originally used to describe the thinness and low quality of cloth.

Related phrases

sleaze factorsleaze-merchantsleaze-riddensleaze merchant

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