Англо-русский словарь - sleazy
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sleazy
adj.
1) тонкий, непрочный (о ткани; тж. перен.)
2) coll. неряшливый
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1.
1. тонкий, непрочный 2. разг. неряшливый sleazy appearance —- жалкий вид 3. подлый, низкий; ничтожный; низкопробный sleazy political methods —- грязные политические махинации sleazy Sunday sheet —- бульварная воскресная газетенка ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
2.
adj. (sleazier, sleaziest) 1 squalid, tawdry. 2 slatternly. 3 (of textiles etc.) flimsy. Derivatives sleazily adv. sleaziness n. Etymology: 17th c.: orig. unkn. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
adjective (sleazier; -est) Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1645 1. a. lacking firmness of texture ; flimsy b. carelessly made of inferior materials ; shoddy 2. a. marked by low character or quality ~ tabloids b. squalid, dilapidated ~ bars • sleazily adverb • sleaziness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
4.
(sleazier, sleaziest) 1. If you describe a place as sleazy, you dislike it because it looks dirty and badly cared for, and not respectable. (INFORMAL) ...sleazy bars. ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval 2. If you describe something or someone as sleazy, you disapprove of them because you think they are not respectable and are rather disgusting. (INFORMAL) The accusations are making the government’s conduct appear increasingly sleazy. ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
5.
~ adj 1 sleazy hotel/bar etc a hotel etc that looks dirty and cheap 2 someone who is sleazy is immoral or unpleasant (sleazy business associates) - sleaziness n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- 1644, of unknown origin; one theory traces it somehow to Silesian "of the eastern German province of Silesia" (Ger. Schleisen), where fine linen or cotton fabric was made. Originally "hairy, fuzzy," then "flimsy, unsubstantial." Sense of "sordid" is from 1941; sleaze (n.) is a 1967 back-formation. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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