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SLEAZINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sleaziness mean?
• SLEAZINESS (noun)
The noun SLEAZINESS has 2 senses:
2. a lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing
Familiarity information: SLEAZINESS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Morally dishonorable
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
an embarrassing sleaziness that I hope will be corrected by the more ethical newspapers
Hypernyms ("sleaziness" is a kind of...):
dishonorableness; dishonourableness (the quality of not deserving honor or respect)
Derivation:
sleazy (morally degraded)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
manginess; seediness; shabbiness; sleaziness
Hypernyms ("sleaziness" is a kind of...):
inelegance (the quality of lacking refinement and good taste)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sleaziness"):
raggedness (shabbiness by virtue of being in rags)
Derivation:
sleazy (of very poor quality; flimsy)
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