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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. of cloth; thin and loosely woven;
- Example: "the coat has a sleazy lining"

2. of very poor quality; flimsy;
[syn: bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny]

3. morally degraded;
- Example: "a seedy district"
- Example: "the seamy side of life"
- Example: "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"
- Example: "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly
- Example: "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce
- Example: "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal"
[syn: seamy, seedy, sleazy, sordid, squalid]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sleazy \Slea"zy\ (sl[=e]"z[y^]), a. [Cf. G. schleissig worn out,
   threadbare, from schleissen to slit, split, decay, or E.
   leasy.]
   Lacking firmness of texture or substance; thin; flimsy; as,
   sleazy silk or muslin. [Spelt also slazy.]
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sleazy
    adj 1: of cloth; thin and loosely woven; "the coat has a sleazy
           lining"
    2: of very poor quality; flimsy [syn: bum, cheap, cheesy,
       chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, 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, sleazy, sordid,
       squalid]