Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A sleazy condition, quality, or appearance.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun uncountable low moral standards
  • noun countable a person with low moral standards
  • noun countable (the commonest instance of the above) a man who is sexually aggressive or forward with women to the point of disgust

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Back-formation from sleazy.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From “sleazy”, originally used to describe the thinness and low quality of cloth

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word sleaze.

Examples

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.