Meaning of sleaze | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Low moral standards.
   uncountable
2. A person of low moral standards.
   countable, informal
3. A man who is sexually aggressive or forward with women to the point of causing disgust.
   countable, informal
4. sleazy material
   informal, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“ministerial sleaze and mendacity”

“The level of sleaze in this city seems to have been rising rapidly in recent years.”

“She knew that sleaze Hakido would do something to stick the knife in and twist it to the hilt.”

“1989, Weekly World News, "My hubby robbed the cradle and left me with the baby", 7 November, p. 42. I'll bet you dollars to doughnuts that sleaze slept with your boss and I wouldn't take it lying down.”

“Mother, he's such a sleaze! The way he looked at you!”

“a tabloid newspaper full of sleaze”

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