Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sleazy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sleazy \Slea"zy\, a. [Cf. G. schleissig worn out, threadbare,
from schleissen to slit, split, decay, or E. leasy.]
Wanting firmness of texture or substance; thin; flimsy; as,
sleazy silk or muslin. [Spelt also {slazy}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sleazy
adj 1: of cloth; thin and loosely woven; "the coat has a sleazy
lining"
2: (informal) of very poor quality [syn: {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" [syn: {seamy}, {seedy}, {sordid}, {squalid}]
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