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sleaze

[sleez] / sliz /
NOUN
dirt
Synonyms
STRONGEST
excrement ground muck mud soil stain
STRONG
crud dreck dregs feculence filth filthiness gook gunk mire rottenness slime smudge smut tarnish
WEAK
scuz
Antonyms
STRONG
cleanliness
WEAK
sterility
NOUN
filth
Synonyms
STRONGEST
grime slime smut
STRONG
carrion contamination corruption crud defilement dregs dung excrement feces feculence filthiness foulness garbage impurity manure mire muck mud nastiness ordure putrefaction putrescence putridity refuse rottenness sediment sewage silt slop sludge slush trash uncleanness
WEAK
foul matter
Antonyms
STRONG
assets possessions purification
WEAK
cleanliness purity sterility
NOUN
obscenity
Synonyms
STRONGEST
four-letter word indecency pornography profanity smut vulgarity
STRONG
abomination affront atrocity bawdiness blight blueness coarseness curse dirtiness evil filthiness foulness immodesty impropriety impurity indelicacy lewdness licentiousness lubricity offense outrage porn prurience salacity scatology scurrility smuttiness swearword vileness wrong
WEAK
X-rating dirty name dirty word suggestiveness
Antonyms
STRONGEST
decency
STRONG
blessing compliment delight goodness happiness joy kindness pleasantry right virtue
WEAK
cleanness innocence morality propriety purity uprightness
NOUN
profaneness
Synonyms
STRONG
abomination affront atrocity bawdiness blight blueness coarseness curse dirtiness evil filthiness foulness grossness immodesty impropriety impurity indecency indelicacy lewdness licentiousness lubricity offense outrage porn pornography profanity prurience salacity scatology scurrility smut smuttiness swearword vileness vulgarity wrong
WEAK
X-rating dirty name dirty word four-letter word scurrilousness suggestiveness vulgarness
Antonyms
STRONG
blessing compliment decency delight goodness happiness joy kindness modesty pleasantry right tastefulness virtue
NOUN
raunch
Synonyms
STRONG
abomination affront atrocity bawdiness blight blueness coarseness curse dirt dirtiness evil filth filthiness foulness grossness immodesty impropriety impurity indecency indelicacy lewdness licentiousness lubricity offense outrage porn pornography profaneness profanity prurience ribaldry salacity scatology scurrility smut smuttiness swearword vileness vulgarity wrong
WEAK
X-rating dirty name dirty word four-letter word scurrilousness suggestiveness vulgarness
Antonyms
STRONG
blessing cleanliness compliment decency delight goodness happiness joy kindness modesty morality pleasantry purity right sterility tastefulness virtue
NOUN
raunchiness
Synonyms
WEAK
X-rating abomination affront atrocity bawdiness blight blueness coarseness curse dirtiness dirty name dirty word evil filthiness foulness four-letter word grossness immodesty impropriety impurity indecency indelicacy lewdness licentiousness lubricity offense outrage porn pornography profaneness profanity prurience salacity scatology scurrility scurrilousness smut smuttiness suggestiveness swearword vileness vulgarity vulgarness wrong
NOUN
ribaldry
Synonyms
STRONG
abomination affront atrocity bawdiness bawdry blight blueness coarseness curse dirt dirtiness evil filth filthiness foulness immodesty impropriety impurity indecency indelicacy lewdness licentiousness lubricity offense outrage porn pornography profanity prurience salacity scatology scurrility smut smuttiness swearword vileness vulgarity wrong
WEAK
X-rating dirty name dirty word four-letter word suggestiveness
Antonyms
STRONG
blessing cleanliness compliment decency delight goodness happiness joy kindness modesty morality pleasantry purity right sterility tastefulness virtue
NOUN
scatology
Synonyms
STRONG
abomination affront atrocity bawdiness bawdry blight blueness coarseness curse dirt dirtiness evil filth filthiness foulness immodesty impropriety impurity indecency indelicacy lewdness licentiousness lubricity offense outrage porn pornography profanity prurience ribaldry salacity scurrility smut smuttiness swearword vileness vulgarity wrong
WEAK
X-rating dirty name dirty word four-letter word suggestiveness
Antonyms
STRONG
blessing cleanliness compliment decency delight goodness happiness joy kindness modesty morality pleasantry purity right sterility tastefulness virtue
NOUN
scurrility
Synonyms
STRONG
abomination affront atrocity bawdiness blight blueness coarseness curse dirtiness evil filthiness foulness grossness immodesty impropriety impurity indecency indelicacy lewdness licentiousness lubricity offense outrage porn pornography profaneness profanity prurience salacity scatology smut smuttiness swearword vileness vulgarity wrong
WEAK
X-rating dirty name dirty word four-letter word scurrilousness suggestiveness vulgarness
Antonyms
STRONG
blessing compliment decency delight goodness happiness joy kindness modesty pleasantry right tastefulness virtue
NOUN
scurrilousness
Synonyms
WEAK
X-rating abomination affront atrocity bawdiness blight blueness coarseness curse dirtiness dirty name dirty word evil filthiness foulness four-letter word grossness immodesty impropriety impurity indecency indelicacy lewdness licentiousness lubricity offense outrage porn pornography profaneness profanity prurience salacity scatology scurrility smut smuttiness suggestiveness swearword vileness vulgarity vulgarness wrong
NOUN
sleazebag
Synonyms
WEAK
crud dirtbag dirtball pervert pig scum scumbag scuzzbag sleazeball slimebag slimeball slimebucket slob weirdo
NOUN
smuttiness
Synonyms
STRONG
abomination affront atrocity bawdiness blight blueness coarseness curse dirtiness evil filthiness foulness grossness immodesty impropriety impurity indecency indelicacy lewdness licentiousness lubricity offense outrage porn pornography profaneness profanity prurience salacity scatology scurrility smut swearword vileness vulgarity wrong
WEAK
X-rating dirty name dirty word four-letter word scurrilousness suggestiveness vulgarness
Antonyms
STRONG
blessing compliment decency delight goodness happiness joy kindness modesty pleasantry right tastefulness virtue
NOUN
swearword
Synonyms
STRONG
abomination affront atrocity bawdiness blasphemy blight blueness coarseness curse dirtiness epithet evil expletive filthiness foulness immodesty impropriety impurity indecency indelicacy lewdness licentiousness lubricity oath offense outrage porn pornography profanity prurience salacity scatology scurrility smut smuttiness vileness vulgarity wrong
WEAK
X-rating dirty name dirty word four-letter word suggestiveness
Antonyms
STRONG
blessing compliment decency delight goodness happiness joy kindness modesty pleasantry right tastefulness virtue
NOUN
vulgarness
Synonyms
WEAK
X-rating abomination affront atrocity bawdiness blight blueness coarseness curse dirtiness dirty name dirty word evil filthiness foulness four-letter word grossness immodesty impropriety impurity indecency indelicacy lewdness licentiousness lubricity offense outrage porn pornography profaneness profanity prurience salacity scatology scurrility scurrilousness smut smuttiness suggestiveness swearword vileness vulgarity wrong

Example Sentences

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A largely forgotten chapter of the Watergate scandal connected two fixtures of American life: milk and political sleaze.

From Slate • Dec. 5, 2025

Top American newscasters, including Chris Cuomo, did their part to keep perpetuating the sleaze.

From Salon • Aug. 20, 2025

There have been slips and accusations of sleaze.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2024

We did an Yves Tumor music video and I was like, “no one is doing indie sleaze right now, I’m going to cover a pair of jeans in the Strokes patches, that’ll be so weird!”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2024

I always knew ReelTok was sleazy, but this is a whole new level of sleaze.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.