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sleazy


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sleazy  \Slea"zy\,  a.  [Cf.  G.  schleissig  worn  out  threadbare, 
  from  schleissen  to  slit,  split,  decay,  or  E.  leasy.] 
  Wanting  firmness  of  texture  or  substance;  thin;  flimsy;  as 
  sleazy  silk  or  muslin.  [Spelt  also  {slazy}.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sleazy 
  adj  1:  of  cloth;  thin  and  loosely  woven;  "the  coat  has  a  sleazy 
  lining" 
  2:  (informal)  of  very  poor  quality  [syn:  {bum},  {cheap},  {cheesy}, 
  {chintzy},  {crummy},  {punk},  {tinny}] 
  3:  morally  degraded;  "a  seedy  district";  "the  seamy  side  of 
  life";  "sleazy  characters  hanging  around  casinos";  "sleazy 
  storefronts  with...dirt  on  the  walls"-  Seattle  Weekly; 
  "the  sordid  details  of  his  orgies  stank  under  his  very 
  nostrils"-  James  Joyce;  "the  squalid  atmosphere  of 
  intrigue  and  betrayal"  [syn:  {seamy},  {seedy},  {sordid},  {squalid}] 




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