Sleazy
Crossword Clue & Answers

16 November 2021
Last seen in: The Guardian Quick

We found 17 answers for the crossword clue 'Sleazy', the most recent of which was seen in the The Guardian Quick.

This clue looks to be a standard clue as in it's a NON-CRYPTIC crossword based on the publications in which we have recently seen it.

We have given Sleazy a popularity rating of 'Very Common' because it has featured in a numerous crossword publications and has multiple answers.

As well as being a clue we've also seen Sleazy as an answer itself some 32 times.

Sleazy is a single word clue made up of 6 letters.

We most recently saw this clue in 'The Guardian Quick' on Monday, 20 September 2021 with the answer being SORDID, we also found SORDID to be the most popular answer for this clue.

We've seen this clue in the following publications:

• The Guardian Quick - 20 Sep 2021
• The Mirror Classic - 2 Jan 2021
• The Mirror Classic - 8 Nov 2020
• The Guardian Quick - 7 Oct 2019
• The Daily Mail Quick - 20 Dec 2018
• The Daily Mail Quick - 29 Sep 2018

Definitions and usage

Before we get to our crossword answers for 'Sleazy', take a look at the definitions and example uses below, sometimes these help you think of different words or phrases that are common to 'Sleazy' and give you a hint.

• Of cloth; thin and loosely woven; "the coat has a sleazy lining"
• Morally degraded; "a seedy district"; "the seamy side of life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"; "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly; "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce; "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal"
• Of very poor quality; flimsy

Crossword Answers

3 Letters

BUM
A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'"

4 Letters

PUNK
Rock music with deliberately offensive lyrics expressing anger and social alienation; in part a reaction against progressive rock

5 Letters

CHEAP
Relatively low in price or charging low prices; "it would have been cheap at twice the price"; "inexpensive family restaurants"

SEAMY
Showing a seam

SEEDY
Full of seeds; "as seedy as a fig"

TACKY
Tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"

TINNY
Of or containing tin

6 Letters

CHEESY
Of very poor quality; flimsy

CRUMMY
Of very poor quality; flimsy

FLIMSY
Not convincing; "unconvincing argument"; "as unconvincing as a forced smile"

SHODDY
Reclaimed wool fiber

SORDID
Meanly avaricious and mercenary; "sordid avarice"; "sordid material interests"

TRASHY
Tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"

7 Letters

CHINTZY
Embarrassingly stingy

SQUALID
Foul and run-down and repulsive; "a flyblown bar on the edge of town"; "a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town"; "squalid living conditions"; "sordid shantytowns"

11 Letters

UNDERHANDED
Marked by deception; "achieved success in business only by underhand methods"

12 Letters

DISREPUTABLE
Lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance