Associations to the word «Sleazy»

Wiktionary

SLEAZY, adjective. Marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate.
SLEAZY, adjective. Dishonorable; base; vulgar; raunchy; sordid.

Dictionary definition

SLEAZY, adjective. Of cloth; thin and loosely woven; "the coat has a sleazy lining".
SLEAZY, adjective. Of very poor quality; flimsy.
SLEAZY, adjective. 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".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats