sleazy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sleazy	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for sleazy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sleazy adj of cloth; thin and loosely woven; "the coat has a sleazy lining" of very poor quality; flimsy Synonym(s): bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny 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" Synonym(s): seamy, seedy, sleazy, sordid, squalid
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}.]