Skinflicks usually play in old theaters in a sleazy part of town.
Source: tatoeba (33115)
Sleazy
//ˈsliː.zi//
Synonyms for "sleazy" (155 found)
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Closest matches (31)
Strong matches (47)
Related words (77)
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Synonyms
3 entriesderived
2 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesrelated to
10 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
56 translations across 15 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- بَغِيض adj (raunchy; tastelessly sexual)
- رَدِيء adj (marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate)
- مُهَلْهَل adj (marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate)
Bulgarian
1 entries- некачествен adj (marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate)
Catalan
4 entries- deixat adj (marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate)
- rònec adj (marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate)
- sòrdid adj (marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate)
- tronat adj (marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 猥琐 adj (marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate)
Czech
4 entries- chatrný adj (marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate)
- mizerný adj (marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate)
- nechutný adj (raunchy; tastelessly sexual)
- oplzlý adj (raunchy; tastelessly sexual)
Danish
2 entries- lyssky adj (raunchy; tastelessly sexual)
- skummel adj (raunchy; tastelessly sexual)
Finnish
4 entries- kurja adj (marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate)
- rivo adj (raunchy; tastelessly sexual)
- rähjäinen adj (marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate)
- törkyinen adj (raunchy; tastelessly sexual)
French
4 entries- bâclé adj (marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate)
- cochon adj (raunchy; tastelessly sexual)
- dépravé adj (raunchy; tastelessly sexual)
- frivole adj (raunchy; tastelessly sexual)
German
4 entries- frivol adj (raunchy; tastelessly sexual)
- heruntergekommen adj (marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate)
- mies adj (marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate)
- schmutzig adj (raunchy; tastelessly sexual)
Italian
4 entries- malizioso adj (raunchy; tastelessly sexual)
- meschino adj (marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate)
- scadente adj (marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate)
- sordido adj (raunchy; tastelessly sexual)
Polish
4 entries- obskurny adj (marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate)
- obskurny adj (raunchy; tastelessly sexual)
- plugawy adj (raunchy; tastelessly sexual)
- podejrzany adj (marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate)
Portuguese
2 entries- inferior adj (marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate)
- vulgar adj (raunchy; tastelessly sexual)
Romanian
2 entries- murdar adj (raunchy; tastelessly sexual)
- vulgar adj (raunchy; tastelessly sexual)
Russian
4 entries- гря́зный adj (raunchy; tastelessly sexual)
- низкопро́бный adj (marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate)
- плюга́вый adj (raunchy; tastelessly sexual)
- посты́дный adj (raunchy; tastelessly sexual)
Spanish
4 entries- chungo adj (marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate)
- cutre adj (marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate)
- gacho adj (marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate)
- sórdido adj (marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Once you start dating the sleazy old professor, disillusionment sets in.
Source: tatoeba (1586251)
Tom's a sleazy letch, and he gives Mary the creeps.
Source: tatoeba (3228053)
Tom became a sleazy car salesman.
Source: tatoeba (9141333)
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