"sleaze" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /sliːz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sleaze.wav Forms: sleazes [plural]
Rhymes: -iːz Etymology: Back-formation from sleazy, originally used to describe the thinness and low quality of cloth. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|sleazy}} Back-formation from sleazy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sleaze (countable and uncountable, plural sleazes)
  1. (uncountable) Low moral standards. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): People Translations (low moral standards): vil (Catalan), špína [feminine] (Czech), hnus [masculine] (Czech), laag allooi [neuter] (Dutch), vileza [feminine] (Galician), Verderbtheit [feminine] (German), αίσχη (aíschi) [neuter, plural] (Greek), זִמָּה (zimmá) [feminine] (Hebrew), broghaisireacht [feminine] (Irish), malcostume [masculine] (Italian), zgnilizna [feminine] (Polish), zepsucie [neuter] (Polish), niemoralność [feminine] (Polish), falta de princípios (Portuguese), corrupção (Portuguese), амора́льность (amorálʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-sleaze-en-noun-NaEMFyli Disambiguation of People: 25 13 29 22 11 0 Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 39 8 27 4 10 12 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 8 33 2 5 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 43 8 20 4 12 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 6 31 3 8 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 61 4 21 2 6 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 49 8 18 9 9 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 33 31 17 6 7 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 46 8 16 4 12 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 45 9 19 9 10 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 49 8 17 6 10 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 41 7 25 3 11 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 45 9 17 10 10 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 48 8 20 8 9 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 54 6 17 3 9 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 42 10 18 8 12 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 33 30 19 6 6 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 54 6 17 3 9 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 58 5 16 2 9 10 Disambiguation of 'low moral standards': 67 31 1 1
  2. (informal, countable) A person of low moral standards. Tags: countable, informal Categories (topical): People Translations (a person with low moral standards): aprofitat [masculine] (Catalan), špína (Czech), canalla [masculine] (Galician), corrupto [masculine] (Galician), corrupta [feminine] (Galician), scostumato [masculine] (Italian), kanalia [feminine] (Polish), gnida [feminine] (Polish), canalha (Portuguese), corrupto (Portuguese), дешёвка (dešóvka) [feminine] (Russian), ничто́жество (ničtóžestvo) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-sleaze-en-noun-8UM01v3O Disambiguation of People: 25 13 29 22 11 0 Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 33 31 17 6 7 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 33 30 19 6 6 5 Disambiguation of 'a person with low moral standards': 39 57 3 1
  3. (informal, countable) A man who is sexually aggressive or forward with women to the point of causing disgust. Tags: countable, informal Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-sleaze-en-noun-iirj8pJz Disambiguation of People: 25 13 29 22 11 0 Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 33 31 17 6 7 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 33 30 19 6 6 5
  4. (informal, uncountable) sleazy material Tags: informal, uncountable Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-sleaze-en-noun-x~6auYf4 Disambiguation of People: 25 13 29 22 11 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sleazebag, sleazeball, sleaze factor, sleaze-merchant, sleazemonger, sleaze-ridden, sleazy

Verb

IPA: /sliːz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sleaze.wav Forms: sleazes [present, singular, third-person], sleazing [participle, present], sleazed [participle, past], sleazed [past]
Rhymes: -iːz Etymology: Back-formation from sleazy, originally used to describe the thinness and low quality of cloth. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|sleazy}} Back-formation from sleazy Head templates: {{en-verb}} sleaze (third-person singular simple present sleazes, present participle sleazing, simple past and past participle sleazed)
  1. To act or progress in a sleazy manner. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-sleaze-en-verb-NcvqPA1c Disambiguation of People: 25 13 29 22 11 0
  2. To slander.
    Sense id: en-sleaze-en-verb-5nwutz2I

Inflected forms

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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "low moral standards",
      "word": "vil"
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      "word": "hnus"
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      "word": "laag allooi"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "vileza"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "low moral standards",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "low moral standards",
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "low moral standards",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "זִמָּה"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "low moral standards",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "broghaisireacht"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "low moral standards",
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      "word": "malcostume"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "low moral standards",
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      "sense": "low moral standards",
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      "word": "niemoralność"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "low moral standards",
      "word": "falta de princípios"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "low moral standards",
      "word": "corrupção"
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      "roman": "amorálʹnostʹ",
      "sense": "low moral standards",
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      "word": "амора́льность"
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      "sense": "a person with low moral standards",
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "a person with low moral standards",
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      "word": "corrupto"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "a person with low moral standards",
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      "word": "corrupta"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "a person with low moral standards",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "a person with low moral standards",
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      "sense": "a person with low moral standards",
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      "word": "gnida"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "a person with low moral standards",
      "word": "canalha"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a person with low moral standards",
      "word": "corrupto"
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      "roman": "dešóvka",
      "sense": "a person with low moral standards",
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      "word": "дешёвка"
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      "roman": "ničtóžestvo",
      "sense": "a person with low moral standards",
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      "word": "ничто́жество"
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