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as in bastard
a person whose behavior is offensive to others
a real sleaze who is constantly mooching off friends, and friends of friends
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as in cheese
that which is of low quality or worth
the TV networks wouldn't be airing such sleaze if the public wasn't watching it
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Recent Examples of sleaze
However, unlike that film's director, Claire Denis, Rollin is never afraid to indulge in camp, and occasionally outright sleaze, to juice his narrative at just the right moments.
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Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
A touch of sleaze floated across this upscale-at-first-glance wardrobe.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2025
Twin Shadow One of the indie sleaze era’s final heartthrobs, synth pop crooner Twin Shadow was a rising star as the 2010s took shape.
—Mars Salazar, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The clothes are no longer made in L.A., but curiously, the indie sleaze billboard campaign has returned to the city.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2025
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Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
A touch of sleaze floated across this upscale-at-first-glance wardrobe.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2025
Twin Shadow One of the indie sleaze era’s final heartthrobs, synth pop crooner Twin Shadow was a rising star as the 2010s took shape.
—Mars Salazar, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The clothes are no longer made in L.A., but curiously, the indie sleaze billboard campaign has returned to the city.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sleaze
Noun
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The Gooneral’s attendees didn’t care that Malone was, from all available evidence, not a gooner at all but rather an unaffiliated, lone-wolf pervert.—
Daniel Kolitz,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Boiled down to a thoughtless pervert by the public, Six became one.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
21 Aug. 2025
Noun
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My favorite are the Cheese & Green Chile Tamales which get a little kick from the green chiles, red chile purée, and Monterey Jack cheese.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
2 Nov. 2025
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Ina taught me that mascarpone cheese and fresh ginger are almost instant ways to turn up the volume on the flavor of a classic cream cheese frosting.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Nov. 2025
Noun
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And the bureaucratic strangle that leads to this inflation continues its creep.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
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What most of us get instead is the slow creep of burnout.—
Rochelle Ratkaj,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Dig into Caribbean jerk chicken pizza at Blackstone Pub downtown or savor a few slices topped with spicy meatballs and peppadews served with a waterfront view at Little Bridge Marina’s Pizza Kitchen.—
Jennifer Stewart Kornegay,
Southern Living,
4 Nov. 2025
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Gave the two jerks her very best.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Having junk hauled away costs money.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
5 Nov. 2025
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As the investigation continues, scientists are weighing a series of improbable scenarios, from space rocks to space junk, in hopes of identifying what exactly fell from the sky onto a moving Tesla in the South Australian night.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Now, these slimeballs no longer pose a threat to public safety.—
Greg Norman,
FOXNews.com,
18 July 2025
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Indeed, one of the new creatures slithering around Britain are grotesque, bloated slimeballs that suck up worms from the earth and are easily killed with a bow and arrow.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
18 June 2025
Noun
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This guy might be single-handedly responsible for generations of people having an irrational fear of clowns.—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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Unlike past attempts at fictionalizing his life, Macmanus barely touches on the fact that Gacy had a hobby of dressing up like a clown, and doesn’t show any actual murders in the series.—
Elisabeth Garber-Paul,
Rolling Stone,
24 Oct. 2025
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One hurdle for these editors is that far-right hate is more conducive to digital slop, both because algorithms prize outlandish ragebait and because the tribalistic ideas themselves are low IQ rubbish.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
24 Oct. 2025
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This was due to the incredible amount of rubbish that had been left to pile up inside.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Sleaze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sleaze. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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