Definitions

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

Example Sentences

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MMA is the bastard child of illegal street fights and martial arts, which has always made for a strange blend of freak-show sleaze and a culture of respect.

From Slate • Jun. 14, 2026

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

From Slate • Dec. 5, 2025

While intended to capture the sun-soaked sleaze of a B-movie noir, “Honey Don’t!” is a perplexingly plotted whodunit that delivers the “who” but none of the “why.”

From Salon • Aug. 23, 2025

There have been slips and accusations of sleaze.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2024

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

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

sleaze

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