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In some senses, sleaze is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.
sleaze
/sliːz/
noun 4verb 2
Collocations
4ADJ.
ministerial
VERB + SLEAZE
knew, level
SLEAZE + NOUN
city, hakido, mendacity
PREP.
in, on
Definitions
noun
1
Low moral standards.
ministerial sleaze and mendacity
The level of sleaze in this city seems to have been rising rapidly in recent years.
2
A person of low moral standards.
She knew that sleaze Hakido would do something to stick the knife in and twist it to the hilt.
3
A man who is sexually aggressive or forward with women to the point of causing disgust.
1989, Weekly World News, "My hubby robbed the cradle and left me with the baby", 7 November, p. 42. I'll bet you dollars to doughnuts that sleaze slept with your boss and I wouldn't take it lying down.
Mother, he's such a sleaze! The way he looked at you!
4
sleazy material
a tabloid newspaper full of sleaze
verb
1
To act or progress in a sleazy manner.
He sleazed his way over to the women at the bar.
2
To slander.
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ministerial sleaze and mendacity
Wiktionary02
The level of sleaze in this city seems to have been rising rapidly in recent years.
Wiktionary03
She knew that sleaze Hakido would do something to stick the knife in and twist it to the hilt.
Wiktionary04
He sleazed his way over to the women at the bar.
Wiktionary05
The sleaze on The Block is not something children should see.
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