| 单词 | sleazy |
| 释义 | sleazy (once / 14756 pages) adj Something that is sleazy is low and nasty. It’s a perfect word to describe characters like the sleazy door-to-door con men who cheat old ladies into selling them their jewelry at a deep discount. Sleazy originally meant flimsy, but nowadays it’s only used to describe morally degraded people or places. Usually it refers to sexual behavior, but it is often associated with people trying to swindle others as well. It’s not as bad as perverse or criminal, which suggest that a line has been crossed. But sleazy people make you feel uncomfortable, for sure. WORD FAMILYsleazy: sleazier, sleaziest, sleazily, sleaziness+/sleaze: sleazy USAGE EXAMPLESTheir first date unfolded at Exterminator Chili, a since-shuttered downtown eatery, and then at a launch party for a sleazy thriller called “Panic Blood.” The New Yorker(Dec 23, 2016) Foster’s girlish persona doesn’t illuminate how a naif like Charity could survive in this sleazy environment. Washington Times(Nov 21, 2016) “Buffet,” Mr. Kelly’s 12th album, is full of love songs, which range from soothing to sleazy. Washington Times(Nov 13, 2016) 1adj morally degraded sleazy characters hanging around casinos " sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly Syn seamy, seedy, sordid, squalid disreputable lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance 2adj of cloth; thin and loosely woven the coat has a sleazy lining Syn thin of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section 3adj of very poor quality; flimsy Syn bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, tinny inferior of low or inferior quality |
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