Sleazy vs. Smarmy
Difference Between Sleazy and Smarmy
Sleazy➦
Shabby, dirty, and vulgar; tawdry
"sleazy storefronts with torn industrial carpeting and dirt on the walls" (Seattle Weekly).
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Smarmy➦
Excessively ingratiating or insincerely earnest.
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Sleazy➦
Dishonest or corrupt; disreputable
Some sleazy characters hang around casinos.
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Smarmy➦
Relating to or indulging in lewd conduct; smutty
smarmy jokes.
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Sleazy➦
Made of low-quality materials; cheap or shoddy.
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Smarmy➦
Falsely earnest, smug, ingratiating, or pious.
a smarmy salesman with a big smile
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Sleazy➦
Thin and loosely woven; flimsy
The coat has a sleazy lining.
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Smarmy➦
unctuous, greasy, as hair from pomade
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Sleazy➦
Marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate.
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Smarmy➦
unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech;
buttery praise
gave him a fulsome introduction
an oily sycophantic press agent
oleaginous hypocrisy
smarmy self-importance
the unctuous Uriah Heep
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Sleazy➦
Raunchy or perverted in nature; tastelessly sexual.
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Sleazy➦
Untrustworthy.
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Sleazy➦
Thin and flimsy.
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Sleazy➦
Wanting firmness of texture or substance; thin; flimsy; as, sleazy silk or muslin.
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Sleazy➦
of cloth; thin and loosely woven;
the coat has a sleazy lining
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Sleazy➦
of very poor quality
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Sleazy➦
morally degraded;
a seedy district
the seamy side of life
sleazy characters hanging around casinos
sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls
the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils
the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal
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