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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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