sleazy
/ˈsliː.zi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.04 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate.
adj
Raunchy or perverted in nature; tastelessly sexual.
adj
Example Sentences
- "There were two or three all-night diners to choose from and they pushed through the door that announced GOOD EATS in the brightest neon. It was the usual sleazy food-machine - two tired waitresses behind a zinc counter loaded with cigarettes and candy and paperbacks and comics."
- "Al bought my furniture at ten percent of its value and Jim drove me to a sleazy side-avenue hotel, where I obtained a room at a low rate."
- "Sleazy, yeah, I like it sleazy / Oh let's get nasty baby / I like it sleazy / I'll take you for a bad ride"
- "Nancy knew it was a sleazy movie because the channel's logo appeared in the lower right corner of the screen. This satellite station only showed sleazy films at this time of the night. Actually its selection of films was trashy at any time, but the after-eleven fare was especially so. […] It's garbage, a step or two removed from pornography."
- "She hated Ed Feinberg, the sleazy, lying, blood-sucking small-timer. Still he was a man; if he had called her up in the old days, in Seattle, she'd have entertained him."
- "The Gold Dust was a sleazy place, a clip joint with crooked gambling tables in the back and a fleet of B-girls who would give you a few minutes' vapid conversation and a peek at the tops of their breasts if you bought them a three-dollar drink […]"
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek Σιλίγγαι (Silíngai)bor. Latin Silingaeder.? Old Polish Ślężader. Old Polish Ślęzader.? Old Polish śląg /ślęgder.? Late Latin Silesialbor. English Silesia English silesia? English sleazy Origin obscure. Possibly a corruption of silesia. Silesia was formerly the most important location of Germany’s weaving industry.