sleazier; sleaziest
2
a
: marked by low character or quality
sleazy tabloids
b
: squalid, dilapidated
sleazy bars
Examples of sleazy in a Sentence
a dancer in a sleazy outfit
a sleazy lothario who is always on the make
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Trammell soon occupied the White House on Homeland (2020), played sleazy blues bandleader Ben on This Is Us (2016–2017), and took the lead on Reckoning (2019–2020).
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Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025
No Fury feels a little like entrapment: The Neptunes’ beats are alien, seductively bizarre; Pusha raps about the spoils of his life of crime with the sleazy charm of an incubus.
—Pitchfork, 30 Sep. 2025
Park oozes with an old guy’s perception of what charm should be but comes off more like a slightly sleazy Mediterranean oligarch wearing too much shiny gold jewelry.
—David Lyman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Sep. 2025
To Robin Wright’s multimillionaire gallery owner Laura, her son’s new girlfriend is a sleazy opportunist, a gold digger who lies about her academic and professional credentials and goads Laura by going down on Daniel (Laurie Davidson) in Laura’s house with the door open.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
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Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025
No Fury feels a little like entrapment: The Neptunes’ beats are alien, seductively bizarre; Pusha raps about the spoils of his life of crime with the sleazy charm of an incubus.
—Pitchfork, 30 Sep. 2025
Park oozes with an old guy’s perception of what charm should be but comes off more like a slightly sleazy Mediterranean oligarch wearing too much shiny gold jewelry.
—David Lyman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Sep. 2025
To Robin Wright’s multimillionaire gallery owner Laura, her son’s new girlfriend is a sleazy opportunist, a gold digger who lies about her academic and professional credentials and goads Laura by going down on Daniel (Laurie Davidson) in Laura’s house with the door open.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sleazy
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“Sleazy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleazy. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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