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as in bastard
a person whose behavior is offensive to others
a Mardi Gras celebration that was spoiled by a bunch of drunken sleazebags
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Recent Examples of sleazebag
In Peter Weir’s true-life survival drama about a group of Gulag prisoners who make their way across a vast stretch of the U.S.S.R. and into the Himalayas, Farrell plays a stab-happy sleazebag who nevertheless proves of value during the escape.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
Continue reading … MEDIA SPAT – Radio host fires back after Trump calls him 'racist sleazebag' in heated exchange.
—FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Things like: stupid, dummy, low-life dummy, sleazebag, sick, sad, stone-cold crazy.
—Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2025
Ellen Levitt Says who? Brooklyn: Donald Trump has called Michael Cohen a sleazebag.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 5 June 2024
Yes, its broad caper plot is largely nonsensical, but Bruce Campbell as such an impeccable sleazebag is at least one saving grace.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 8 Oct. 2022
Staggering drunkenly into the office one night with an entourage of partying sleazebags, Ford gropes Ashley for all to see and makes lewd comments.
—John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2020
Cillian Murphy plays an Irish gun buyer with a cause; Armie Hammer, Sharlto Copley and Babou Ceesay are among the idiosyncratic sleazebags doing the selling.
—Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2017
Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
Continue reading … MEDIA SPAT – Radio host fires back after Trump calls him 'racist sleazebag' in heated exchange.
—FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Things like: stupid, dummy, low-life dummy, sleazebag, sick, sad, stone-cold crazy.
—Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2025
Ellen Levitt Says who? Brooklyn: Donald Trump has called Michael Cohen a sleazebag.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 5 June 2024
Yes, its broad caper plot is largely nonsensical, but Bruce Campbell as such an impeccable sleazebag is at least one saving grace.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 8 Oct. 2022
Staggering drunkenly into the office one night with an entourage of partying sleazebags, Ford gropes Ashley for all to see and makes lewd comments.
—John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2020
Cillian Murphy plays an Irish gun buyer with a cause; Armie Hammer, Sharlto Copley and Babou Ceesay are among the idiosyncratic sleazebags doing the selling.
—Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sleazebag
Noun
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Also, what many now interpret as Kubrick’s exposé of elite perverts was, in fact, mostly Schnitzler’s doing.—
Lane Brown,
Vulture,
17 Dec. 2025
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Tarpley Hitt: Postwar miscreants, several perverts (value-neutral), corporate consolidation, lawsuits, copyright law, knockoffs/fakes, America, lying, dolls.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The island represents the periphery of tourism’s slow eastward creep.—
Henry Wismayer,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Jan. 2026
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The applause for blocks, leaves and singles gets louder and meatier as England’s target creeps under 100, but Jacks’ dismissal with 97 still required ends any realistic hope of the unlikeliest of away victories.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
21 Dec. 2025
Noun
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For those with less-briny palates, a fine jerk chicken and a number of steak cuts are also available.—
Jesse Ashlock,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Jan. 2026
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Mike’s older sister, Nancy (Natalia Dyer), is our entry point to Hawkins High; a pretty striver, she’s recently been distracted from academics by a fling with popular jerk Steve Harrington (Joe Keery).—
Judy Berman,
Time,
26 Dec. 2025
Noun
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After spending a decade and a half in the brains of a meth kingpin and a slimeball attorney, Gilligan wanted his next protagonist to be a force for good.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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Now, these slimeballs no longer pose a threat to public safety.—
Greg Norman,
FOXNews.com,
18 July 2025
Noun
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Brewer depicts the world of music impersonators with a fair amount of affection, like the rodeo clowns of late 20th-century America.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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Cirque du Soleil is known for its shows featuring acrobats, athletes and clowns – all doing spectacular feats.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Kind of like The Leftovers, but a sleazeball-only edition.—
Olivia Crandall,
Vulture,
15 Nov. 2025
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Meanwhile, Odell and his potential heirs, callous Belinda (Téa Leoni) and sleazeball Shepard (scene-stealer Will Poulter), take the discovery of a new species to unethical extremes.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
9 Mar. 2025
Noun
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And, the dog attacked again after the owner failed to secure the dog in a separate room.—
Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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Another 24 dogs were found emaciated inside, the Lee County Sheriff's Office said in a statement.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
Noun
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So Porter is now the guy the State Police have supposedly doing a deep dive on the clowns, grifters and assorted gender-bending jokers that Maura Healey hands six-figure hack sinecures to — judicial nominees, college presidents, the heads of the veterans’ homes, etc.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
29 Nov. 2025
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Even more rare is finding what hunters call a joker, a truffle, weighing in at 100 grams.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
26 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Sleazebag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sleazebag. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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