'Sleazy' definitions:
Definition of 'sleazy'
From: WordNet
adjective
Of cloth; thin and loosely woven; "the coat has a sleazy lining"
adjective
adjective
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" [syn: seamy, seedy, sleazy, sordid, squalid]
Definition of 'Sleazy'
From: GCIDE
- Sleazy \Slea"zy\ (sl[=e]"z[y^]), a. [Cf. G. schleissig worn out, threadbare, from schleissen to slit, split, decay, or E. leasy.] Lacking firmness of texture or substance; thin; flimsy; as, sleazy silk or muslin. [Spelt also slazy.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sleazy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- base,
- breakable,
- brittle,
- broken-down,
- cheap,
- cheap-jack,
- cheesy,
- chintzy,
- cobwebby,
- common,
- contemptible,
- crappy,
- crumbly,
- crummy,
- dainty,
- delicate,
- delicately weak,
- dilapidated,
- dingy,
- dirty,
- disreputable,
- down-at-heel,
- effeminate,
- flabby,
- flaccid,
- flimsy,
- floppy,
- fragile,
- frail,
- frangible,
- gimcrack,
- gimcracky,
- gossamery,
- insubstantial,
- jerry,
- jerry-built,
- light,
- lightweight,
- low-class,
- low-grade,
- mean,
- namby-pamby,
- paltry,
- papery,
- pasteboardy,
- poor,
- puny,
- ramshackle,
- rickety,
- run-down,
- seedy,
- shabby,
- shattery,
- shoddy,
- sissified,
- slight,
- slipshod,
- slummy,
- sordid,
- squalid,
- tacky,
- tatty,
- tawdry,
- tenuous,
- thin,
- trashy,
- unsubstantial,
- wispy,
- womanish