Sleazy vs. Smarmy — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Sleazy and Smarmy
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Sleazy
Shabby, dirty, and vulgar; tawdry
"sleazy storefronts with torn industrial carpeting and dirt on the walls" (Seattle Weekly).
Smarmy
Excessively ingratiating or insincerely earnest.
Sleazy
Dishonest or corrupt; disreputable
Some sleazy characters hang around casinos.
Smarmy
Relating to or indulging in lewd conduct; smutty
Smarmy jokes.
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
Sleazy
Thin and loosely woven; flimsy
The coat has a sleazy lining.
Smarmy
Unctuous, greasy, as hair from pomade
Sleazy
Marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate.
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
Sleazy
Raunchy or perverted in nature; tastelessly sexual.
Sleazy
Untrustworthy.
Sleazy
Thin and flimsy.
Sleazy
Wanting firmness of texture or substance; thin; flimsy; as, sleazy silk or muslin.
Sleazy
Of cloth; thin and loosely woven;
The coat has a sleazy lining
Sleazy
Of very poor quality
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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