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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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