sleazy

Meaning

1. Marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate.
2. Raunchy or perverted in nature; tastelessly sexual.
3. Untrustworthy.
4. Thin and flimsy.

Synonyms

squalid

seedy

thin

cheap

sordid

punk

nasty

lowlife

bum

low

cheesy

lousy

chintzy

crummy

gross

foul

tinny

of a loose texture

abominable

accursed

awful

depraved

detestable

fine

flimsy

ghastly

gruesome

hideous

horrible

loathsome

scruffy

seamy

shabby

slender

slight

slimsy

tenuous

unkempt

vile

abhorrent

grubby

underfed

grungy

sinewless

unsatisfactory

ignoble

immoral

impossible

impotent

insincere

languishing

languorous

lank

lewd

beaten-up

cruddy

chaotic

blowzy

meagre

mean

messy

mussy

begrimed

neglected

nice

bedraggled

puny

ragged

rangy

raunchy

refined

ribald

rinky-dink

sappy

wan

washy

beat-up

waspish

shadowy

shady

sheer

shoddy

slatternly

weak

blowsy

slim

gossamery

slipshod

sloppy

slovenly

sluttish

sly

sneaky

softy

battered

base

subtile

subtle

suspect

suspicious

svelte

tactful

strengthless

atrocious

ticklish

abject

delicate

tumble-down

despicable

twiggy

dilapidated

dirty

disreputable

exquisite

feeble

filmy

filthy

ugly

uncared for

deficient

frail

frowsy

frowzy

underdog

dainty

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsliː.zi/

Etymology

Origin obscure. Possibly a corruption of Silesia, through a word meaning “Silesian cloth”. Silesia used to be the most important location of Germany’s weaving industry.