1
: sleazy quality, appearance, or behavior
also
: sleazy material
2
: a sleazy person
Synonyms of sleaze
Examples of sleaze in a Sentence
some sleaze will try to make a buck off of this tragedy
a real sleaze who is constantly mooching off friends, and friends of friends
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The music sounds like a terrible Brooklyn electro indie-sleaze band opening for Crystal Castles or Yachts at Studio B, then rushing home to make sure the Tivo caught Gossip Girl.
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Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2025
Indie sleaze, the hallucination of a 2000s seedy-chic genre that never fully existed, is in vogue.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2025
The world has been waiting for GTA 6 since the indie-sleaze era.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2025
While the trend so far has been dominated by shades of indie sleaze, Tyla has a more fluid and fun take that dredges the seas for some inspo—quite literally.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2025
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Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2025
Indie sleaze, the hallucination of a 2000s seedy-chic genre that never fully existed, is in vogue.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2025
The world has been waiting for GTA 6 since the indie-sleaze era.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2025
While the trend so far has been dominated by shades of indie sleaze, Tyla has a more fluid and fun take that dredges the seas for some inspo—quite literally.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sleaze
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“Sleaze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleaze. Accessed 6 Dec. 2025.
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