sleaze

Meaning

Noun

1. Low moral standards.
2. (informal) A person of low moral standards.
3. (informal) A man who is sexually aggressive or forward with women to the point of causing disgust.
4. (informal) sleazy material

Verb

1. To act or progress in a sleazy manner.
2. To slander.

Synonyms

sleazeball

scuzzball

slimeball

scuzzbag

phi

scum

dirtball

slimebag

creep

crud

slimebucket

dirtbag

scumbag

abhorrence

abomination

atrocity

cheapness

dick

horror

tackiness

tat

rot

meanness

sleazebag

litter

squalor

stuff

bull

bitch

trash

hokum

drool

waste

debris

codswallop

buster

rubbish

schlock

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sliːz/

Etymology

Back-formation from sleazy, originally used to describe the thinness and low quality of cloth.