English

Noun

sleaze ‎(countable and uncountable, plural sleazes)

1. (uncountable) low moral standards
   • 2004, London Review of Books, 19 Aug 2004:

     ministerial sleaze and mendacity

   • 1988, The New Yorker, 11 Jan 1988:

     The level of sleaze in this city seems to have been rising rapidly in recent years.

2. (countable) a person with low moral standards
   • 1999, E. Brewer, Picking Up the Marbles, AuthorHouse, ISBN 978-1-58500-837-7, p. 162.

     She knew that sleaze Hakido would do something to stick the knife in and twist it to the hilt.

3. (countable) a man who is sexually aggressive or forward with women to the point of disgust
   • 1989, Weekly World News, "My hubby robbed the cradle and left me with the baby", 7 November, p. 42.

     I'll bet you dollars to doughnuts that sleaze slept with your boss and I wouldn't take it lying down.

   • 1996, S. Hoskinson Frommer, Buried in Quilts, Harlequin, ISBN 978-0-37326-204-5, p. 64.

     Mother, he's such a sleaze! The way he looked at you!

4. sleazy material

   a tabloid newspaper full of sleaze

Related terms

• sleazebag
• sleazemonger
• sleaze-merchant
• sleazy

Translations

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.

   He sleazed his way over to the women at the bar.

2. To slander.