Find the word definition

Crossword clues for sleaze

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
sleaze
noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Many citizens are tired of all the sleaze on TV.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ All he was saying is give sleaze a chance.
▪ Basically, the public has grown weary of a party that has seen its share of political sleaze scandals.
▪ But his night of sleaze in Bangkok plunges him into a different league.
▪ But in the category of sleaze, it was one of the biggest.
▪ Can you imagine taking a cab to that sleaze street?
▪ Left and right have both been smeared by sleaze.
▪ More importantly, Cohn is a New York romantic who really has a passion for sleaze.
▪ The allegations of sleaze against the couple have serious implications for President Jacques Chirac's chances of being re-elected in 2002.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
sleaze

"condition of squalor," by 1967, back-formation from sleazy. Meaning "person of low moral standards," and the adjectival use, are attested from 1976.

Wiktionary
sleaze

n. 1 (context uncountable English) low moral standards 2 (context countable English) a person with low moral standards 3 (context countable English) a man who is sexually aggressive or forward with women to the point of disgust 4 sleazy material vb. 1 To act or progress in a sleazy manner. 2 To slander.

WordNet
sleaze

n. tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar [syn: cheapness, tackiness, tat]

Usage examples of "sleaze".

But after the thrill of his initial attacks, Hague realized a full-scale investigation of sleaze could do him no good.

She simply accessed it and found her way into the system as Jake and the sleaze hashed out the details of their agreement.

He might be handsome, cultured, well educated and talented, but he was a sleaze nonetheless.

Although I have to admit that given the choice between a nice guy and a real sleaze, she usually tends to choose the sleaze.

I fully understood sleaze until Jason and I entered the chilled lobby of Caesars Palace on that day of burning winds and X-ray sunlight.

We have important news about Leo the Sleaze and his real-estate company.

Everyone in construction is a sleaze, the work ethic is totally gone from American civilization.

Despite its decay and sleaze, there were a lot of interesting possibilities in a place like the Chateau Ecstasy.

Even by local standards, it was one maggot-gagging parade of sleaze, and one expensive botch job.

Sleaze like Qin Shang are conducting modern versions of the slave trade.

I still think that sleaze you convicted last week may have friends who want to get back at you.

According to Corporal Sleaze, who I must say does his follow-ups, there are small flight connections to a dozen or so minor offshore islands.

Dealing with any of the clients, whether it was a matter of direct negotiation such as with the Empire's Lord Vader or a sleaze mountain such as Jabba the Hutt, or a third-party negotiation with a middle entity such as Kud'ar Mub'at, was more repellent than satisfying.

Trouble was, the sleaze would trade her in rather than steal a luncheon voucher.

A couple of weeks ago Everett had been going for the sleaze factor.