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sleazy

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of sleazy

1 having loose sexual morals

  • a sleazy lothario who is always on the make
Synonyms of sleazy

skanky [slang], sluttish, slutty, trampy
Words Related to sleazy

indecent, lascivious, lewd, wanton

indecorous, unbecoming

corrupt, debased, debauched, degenerate, depraved, dissolute, libertine, perverted, reprobate
Near Antonyms of sleazy

priggish, prim, prudish, puritanical, straitlaced (or straightlaced)

decent, decorous, genteel, polite, proper, seemly

celibate, chaste, modest, moral, pure, virtuous

2 of low quality

  • a sleazy yellow coat that was marked down to practically nothing and not worth even that
Synonyms of sleazy

bad, bargain-basement, bum, cheap, cheapjack, cheesy, coarse, common, crappy [slang], cut-rate, el cheapo, execrable, gimcrack, inferior, junky, lousy, low-grade, low-rent, mediocre, miserable, poor, rotten, rubbishy, schlock (or schlocky), second-rate, shoddy, terrible, trashy, trumpery, wretched
Words Related to sleazy

useless, valueless, worthless

indifferent, lackluster, second-class

brummagem, flashy, garish, gaudy, glitzy, kitsch, kitschy, meretricious, ostentatious, showy, splashy, swank (or swanky), tawdry

seedy, shabby, tacky

counterfeit, fake, phony (also phoney), sham

supercheap, ultracheap
Near Antonyms of sleazy

elegant, handsome, tasteful

handcrafted, polished, refined
Antonyms of sleazy

excellent, fine, first-class, first-rate, good, high-grade, superior, top-notch

3 being of a material lacking in sturdiness or substance

  • these cheap, sleazy curtains would do a poor job of blocking those wintertime blasts of cold air
Synonyms of sleazy

cobwebby, filmy, flimsy, frothy, gauzy, gossamer, gossamery, insubstantial, unsubstantial
Words Related to sleazy

dainty, delicate, fine

feeble, fragile, frail

diaphanous, sheer, transparent
Near Antonyms of sleazy

durable, knockabout, lasting, tough

coarse, heavy, rough, rude
Antonyms of sleazy

sturdy, substantial

4 showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect

  • several letters in the sleazy motel's neon "vacancy" sign had burned out
Synonyms of sleazy

beat-up, bombed-out, dilapidated, dog-eared, down-at-the-heels (or down-at-heel), dumpy, grungy, mangy, mean, miserable, moth-eaten, neglected, ratty, run-down, scrubby, scruffy, seedy, shabby, tacky, tatterdemalion, tatty, threadbare, timeworn, tumbledown
Words Related to sleazy

abandoned, unkept

desolate, forlorn, godforsaken

broken-down, decrepit, tired, worn-out

bedraggled, dingy, ragged, tattered

decaying, deteriorated, deteriorating, rackety, ramshackle, rattletrap, rickety, tumbledown

broken, damaged, destroyed, harmed, hurt, impaired, injured, ruined, wrecked
Phrases Synonymous with sleazy

gone to seed
Near Antonyms of sleazy

brand-new, fresh, new

cared-for, kept-up, maintained

mended, patched, rebuilt, reconstructed

smart, spiffy, spruce

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