sleaze

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

13 more languages

Българскиподлец

Bosanskišpina

Catalàaprofitat

Češtinahnusšpína

Ελληνικάαίσχητράγος

Gaeilgebroghaisireacht

Galegocanalla

Hrvatskišpina

Italianomalcostumescostumato

Nederlandslaag allooi

Polskignidakanalianiemoralnośćzepsuciezgnilizna+ 2 more

Русскийамора́льностьдешёвканичтожество

Српскиšpina

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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