sleazy meaning and definition

SLEAZY adjective

Definition of sleazy (adjective)

1. of cloth; thin and loosely woven
   • "the coat has a sleazy lining"
2. of very poor quality; flimsy
   • synonyms: bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, tinny
3. morally degraded
   • "a seedy district"; "the seamy side of life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"; "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly; "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce; "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal"
   • synonyms: seamy, seedy, sordid, squalid