1
: sleazy quality, appearance, or behavior
also
: sleazy material
2
: a sleazy person
Examples of sleaze in a Sentence
some sleaze will try to make a buck off of this tragedy
a real sleaze who is constantly mooching off friends, and friends of friends
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A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
Behind him, guitarist Mike Bruce, drummer Neal Smith, and bassist Dennis Dunaway, all founding members of the classic Seventies band, lather on the vintage rock sleaze.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2025
Kim Petras is teaming up with Ed Hardy once again, this time to revive the indie sleaze aesthetic.
—Ty Gaskins, WWD, 15 Oct. 2024
For others, the town provides the most inauthentic travel experience possible, Benidorm a byword for debauchery and sleaze.
—Joshua Korber Hoffman, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sleaze
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“Sleaze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleaze. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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