noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The property of being sleazy. uncountable

   "He didnʼt look like a gangster or pimp but he carried the sleaziness of someone who did barely legal work."

2. 2
   a lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing wordnet
3. 3
   morally dishonorable wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

collapsedaintinessdelicacydisintegrationfragilityfrailty

Example

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"He didnʼt look like a gangster or pimp but he carried the sleaziness of someone who did barely legal work."

Etymology

From sleazy + -ness.

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