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as in pervert
a person of low moral character
a real slimeball, that shyster has happily defended, for a healthy fee, drug dealers and child molesters
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as in bastard
a person whose behavior is offensive to others
slimeballs love the anonymity of the Internet, which allows them to post incredibly vile messages without having to identify themselves
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Recent Examples of slimeball
Daisy's career begins when she gets discovered by Hank Allen, who would go on to briefly become her manager and slimeball boyfriend.
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Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Mar. 2023
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
Back in the Red Keep, Larys offers to be a double agent for Otto — giving shades of Littlefinger for this slimeball master of whispers.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 16 Oct. 2022
Larys, who is now a total slimeball, takes Alicent’s words as a command and moves to rectify his own house’s shame.
—Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 26 Sep. 2022
But Don Blankenship, the slimeball West Virginia coal operator who tried to cover up safety violations in the Upper Big Branch mine before an explosion there killed 29 miners in 2010, has gone too far.
—Joseph Gerth, The Courier-Journal, 4 May 2018
Earlier on Friday, the president attacked fired F.B.I. Director James Comey, as an untruthful slimeball.
—NBC News, 15 Apr. 2018
The biggest surprises confirm what an unbelievable slimeball Connie is.
—A. O. Scott, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2017
Then the slimeball sends Meemo to execute Ray and Nikki.
—Zane Moses, baltimoresun.com, 25 May 2017
Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Mar. 2023
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
Back in the Red Keep, Larys offers to be a double agent for Otto — giving shades of Littlefinger for this slimeball master of whispers.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 16 Oct. 2022
Larys, who is now a total slimeball, takes Alicent’s words as a command and moves to rectify his own house’s shame.
—Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 26 Sep. 2022
But Don Blankenship, the slimeball West Virginia coal operator who tried to cover up safety violations in the Upper Big Branch mine before an explosion there killed 29 miners in 2010, has gone too far.
—Joseph Gerth, The Courier-Journal, 4 May 2018
Earlier on Friday, the president attacked fired F.B.I. Director James Comey, as an untruthful slimeball.
—NBC News, 15 Apr. 2018
The biggest surprises confirm what an unbelievable slimeball Connie is.
—A. O. Scott, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2017
Then the slimeball sends Meemo to execute Ray and Nikki.
—Zane Moses, baltimoresun.com, 25 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slimeball
Noun
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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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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 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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Ellen Levitt Says who? Brooklyn: Donald Trump has called Michael Cohen a sleazebag.Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 5 June 2024
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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
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The couple was seen taking a stroll on a N.Y.C. street with Bosworth's dog, Happy, on Tuesday.Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2023
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Responding officers found the dog, and advised the owner to take the dog in.cleveland, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2023
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The game had also featured Nickelodeon characters such as SpongeBob Squarepants and a lot of slime (NFL Slimetime).Brad Adgate, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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This kit has over 50 different slime supplies all in one box to create 18 beautifully wacky colors of crystal slime, ranging from clear to purple.Nora Colomer, Fox News, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Slimeball.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slimeball. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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