sleazy
Cheap and disreputable
Sleazy describes something cheap, shoddy, or morally disreputable.
A sleazy motel has stained carpets and hourly rates.
A sleazy salesman uses manipulative tactics.
Sleazy behavior suggests corruption or sexual impropriety: a sleazy politician, sleazy pickup lines.
The word often combines physical seediness with moral taint—places and people that feel unclean in more ways than one.
Disreputable or sun-blocked
- seedyRundown and disreputable
- dodgyQuestionable in character
- sketchyIncomplete or suspicious
- dubiousOf uncertain reliability
questionable · suspicious · untrustworthy · crooked · corrupt · underhanded · dishonest · unscrupulous
Coated in stubborn dirt
- dingyDiscolored from grime
- seedyRundown and disreputable
- run-downDeteriorated from neglect
- sordidMorally foul or base
filthy · grubby · shabby · dilapidated · flophouse · dive · fleabag · red-light
Disturbingly strange
- pervySexually creepy
- leeringStaring with lustful intent
- predatoryExploiting the vulnerable
- lecherousShowing excessive sexual desire
lascivious · licentious · skeevy · handsy · inappropriate · suggestive · come-on · ogling
Low in price
- tawdryCheaply ornate and vulgar
- garishTastelessly showy
- gaudyTastelessly ornate
- trashyCheap and tasteless
flashy · kitsch · vulgar · chintzy · low-class · tasteless · loud · glitzy
Corrupt payment for influence
- kickbackIllegal payment for services
- payoffCulminating benefit received
- graftIllicit political gain
- under-the-tableSecret and unofficial
shakedown · racketeering · embezzlement · fraud · swindler · con-artist · scam · exploitation
shady
Disreputable or sun-blocked
dubious · questionable · suspicious · untrustworthy · crooked · corrupt · underhanded · dishonest · unscrupulous · shifty
grimy
Coated in stubborn dirt
sordid · filthy · grubby · shabby · dilapidated · flophouse · dive · fleabag · red-light · smoky
creepy
Disturbingly strange
lecherous · lascivious · licentious · skeevy · handsy · inappropriate · suggestive · come-on · ogling · grabby
cheap
Low in price
trashy · flashy · kitsch · vulgar · chintzy · low-class · tasteless · loud · glitzy · cheesy
bribery
Corrupt payment for influence
under-the-table · shakedown · racketeering · embezzlement · fraud · swindler · con-artist · scam · exploitation · scandal
- scandalscandal, infamy, disgrace, coverup, cover-up
- vulgarcrude, crass, coarse, vulgar, rude
- risquerisque, racy, bawdy, ribald, suggestive
- disgustdisgust, disgusting, disgusted, revulsion, repulsion
- reputationreputation, reputable, bad reputation, repute, disreputable
- slang traitsbossy, brainy, bubbly, chatty, cheeky
sleazyupstanding
Morally upright, honest
honorable · principled · respectable · ethical · virtuous
sleazyupscale
Elegant and expensive
upmarket · reputable · classy · respectable · high-class
- sleaze ballDisreputable, sordid person
- sleaze factorPerceived level of corruption
- sleazy characters
sleaze, sleazeball, sleazebag, sleaziness, sleazoid, sleazily, sleazes, sleazier, sleaziest