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as in bastard
a person whose behavior is offensive to others
a Mardi Gras celebration that was spoiled by a bunch of drunken sleazebags
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Recent Examples of sleazebag
Ellen Levitt Says who? Brooklyn: Donald Trump has called Michael Cohen a sleazebag.
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 5 June 2024
Yes, its broad caper plot is largely nonsensical, but Bruce Campbell as such an impeccable sleazebag is at least one saving grace.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 8 Oct. 2022
Staggering drunkenly into the office one night with an entourage of partying sleazebags, Ford gropes Ashley for all to see and makes lewd comments.
—John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2020
Cillian Murphy plays an Irish gun buyer with a cause; Armie Hammer, Sharlto Copley and Babou Ceesay are among the idiosyncratic sleazebags doing the selling.
—Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2017
Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 5 June 2024
Yes, its broad caper plot is largely nonsensical, but Bruce Campbell as such an impeccable sleazebag is at least one saving grace.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 8 Oct. 2022
Staggering drunkenly into the office one night with an entourage of partying sleazebags, Ford gropes Ashley for all to see and makes lewd comments.
—John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2020
Cillian Murphy plays an Irish gun buyer with a cause; Armie Hammer, Sharlto Copley and Babou Ceesay are among the idiosyncratic sleazebags doing the selling.
—Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sleazebag
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The interplay between pervert audience and chastising host is a delicate dance, as old as time.Bethy Squires, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
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Five states and Washington, D.C. have referendums next month that could profoundly change—and pervert—the way each conducts elections.Steve Forbes, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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The risks of dying creep up well before extreme heat and humidity levels.Alejandra Borunda, NPR, 6 Dec. 2024
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But when his uninvited relatives show up and start adding eyeballs to the mashed potatoes and maggots to the pumpkin pie, there are suddenly too many creeps in the kitchen.Jennifer Hubert Swan, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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The processing fee is absolutely not going to the part-time delivery person, but, rather, to a rich jerk who is golfing right now.Meghana Indurti, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2024
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Also, your character’s supposed to be kind of a jerk.Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024
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Daisy's career begins when she gets discovered by Hank Allen, who would go on to briefly become her manager and slimeball boyfriend.Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Mar. 2023
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The former is dormant for now, while the latter has picked up nearly 1,500 followers with a steady stream of off-putting memes and videos featuring the anthropomorphized slimeball.Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2023
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The clowns there, contributed by donors worldwide, are not for sale.Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
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The parade’s 98th year was the largest yet, with more than 5,000 volunteers, 17 character balloons, 22 floats, 15 heritage and novelty balloons, more than 700 clowns, 11 marching bands and 10 performance groups.Violet Goldstone, WWD, 30 Nov. 2024
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The show has a real bounty of powerful sleazeballs, which is both part of the social critique and a storytelling problem.Vulture, Vulture, 15 Mar. 2023
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Netflix announced Thursday that Terry Silver — the wealthy sleazeball played to ponytailed perfection by Thomas Ian Griffith in The Karate Kid Part III — will be making an appearance in Cobra Kai season 4.Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 27 May 2021
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The remains were found by two men who were running their dogs and looking for rocks, according to DNASolves.CBS News, CBS News, 13 Sep. 2023
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According to LifeLine, the DeKalb shelter takes in 135 dogs a week on average.Jim Gaines, ajc, 13 Sep. 2023
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Imagine trying to slide a book on a table while some joker is pushing down on it.Rhett Allain, WIRED, 20 Sep. 2024
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Read the full Cancer Daily Horoscope Leo (July 23 - August 22) Playing practical joker?USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Sleazebag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sleazebag. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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