SLEAZINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sleaziness mean? 

• SLEAZINESS (noun)
  The noun SLEAZINESS has 2 senses:

1. morally dishonorable

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 

• SLEAZINESS (noun)

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)