sleaze

Plural: sleazes

Noun

Shoddy or inferior quality; immoral or corrupt behavior.
tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar
Low moral standards.
A person of low moral standards.
A man who is sexually aggressive or forward with women to the point of causing disgust.
sleazy material

Verb

To act or progress in a sleazy manner.
To slander.

Examples

a tabloid newspaper full of sleaze
He sleazed his way over to the women at the bar.
His opponent’s use of a word not in the dictionary was an act of pure SLEAZE.

Origin / Etymology

Back-formation from sleazy, originally used to describe the thinness and low quality of cloth.

Synonyms

cheapness, tackiness, tat

Scrabble Score: 15

sleaze: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
sleaze: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sleaze: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

sleaze: valid Words With Friends Word