skeezy

Creepy and disreputable

Skeezy describes something or someone that seems sleazy, disreputable, or morally questionable in a way that provokes distrust or mild disgust: a skeezy motel, some skeezy guy at the bar.

The word blends sleazy with skeevy, carrying connotations of seediness and potential creepiness.

It's informal and mildly disparaging rather than strongly offensive.

sleazy

creepy

Disturbingly strange

  • smarmyInsincerely ingratiating
  • slimyWet, slippery, unpleasant
  • lecherousShowing excessive sexual desire

pervy · leering · predatory · handsy · inappropriate · seedy · tawdry · lurid · salacious · vulgar

disreputable

shady

Disreputable or sun-blocked

corrupt · underhanded · dishonest · unethical · deceitful · fraudulent · scheming · manipulative · questionable · dubious

grimy

dingy

Discolored from grime

squalid · seedy · rundown · dilapidated · dirty · greasy · grungy · mucky · soiled · stained

Opposites
moral character/trustworthiness

skeezytrustworthy

Worthy of confidence

wholesome · honest · upstanding · virtuous · honorable

cleanliness/wholesomeness

skeezywholesome

Conducive to well-being

clean · pure · innocent · fresh-faced · squeaky-clean

social respectability

skeezyrespectable

Worthy of regard

reputable · classy · refined · distinguished · proper

Family

sleazy, sleaze, sleazebag, sleaziness

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Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG