SLEAZEBALL Synonyms: 119 Similar and Opposite Words

sleazeball

noun

ˈslēz-ˌbȯl

Definition of sleazeball

slang

as in pervert

a person of low moral character don't post your private info and revealing pics online—there are some real sleazeballs out there

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as in bastard

a person whose behavior is offensive to others despite the constant rebuffs, the sleazeball at the bar kept hitting up people for drinks

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Recent Examples of sleazeball This essential, sleazeball classic stars Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone in the movie that catapulted her to the A-list. — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Mar. 2026 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 Netflix announced Thursday that Terry Silver — the wealthy sleazeball played to ponytailed perfection by Thomas Ian Griffith in The Karate Kid Part III — will be making an appearance in Cobra Kai season 4. — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 27 May 2021 Why were lifelong feminists joining a party led by a man with a reputation as a macho dinosaur, or even a sleazeball? — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 5 May 2021 See All Example Sentences for sleazeball

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Noun

There follows a leafletting campaign, accusing him of being a pervert and a danger to children.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 6 July 2026
You are being spied on by a pervert.

— Jay Ruttenberg, New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2026

Definition of pervert

Noun

Bates plans to expand that menu in the new brick-and-mortar restaurant, adding dishes like jerk catfish pasta and Louisiana Cajun cream sauce over dirty rice.

— Joey Schamber, jsonline.com, 8 July 2026
For instance, there are glazed pork belly chunks served on crispy tostones, tuna tataki with a jerk-spice rub, and a bright, citrusy conch salad.

— Chadner Navarro, Travel + Leisure, 29 June 2026

Definition of jerk

Noun

Perhaps most astonishingly, the movie manages to make creepy clowns — that shopworn trope — genuinely frightening again.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
The group demonstrated near the Washington Monument and was met by a few counter protestors, one of which played clown music throughout the majority of the demonstration.

— Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

Definition of clown

Noun

Sit, who went by the first name Tony, operated Happy K9 Academy and the dogs were in his care when they were kept in crates in a hot van and died, the district attorney’s office said.

— Phil Helsel, NBC news, 11 July 2026
When an Instagram video with nearly 100 million views likened his appearance to a green onion — its wiry roots standing in as his hair — Haaland responded in the comments with a side-eyeing dog GIF.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 July 2026

Definition of dog

Noun

Clooney might be known as the joker of the two.

— Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026
Like any public hearing, there were a few jokers who had some strange outbursts, but the majority of the over a dozen speakers weren’t satisfied with Gower’s presentation and used their times to ask questions of the owners as to what has taken so long with this project.

— Brian Welk, IndieWire, 12 May 2026

Definition of joker

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