Morally degraded. Synonyms:seamy, seedy, sordid, squalid."The seamy side of life" , "Sleazy characters hanging around casinos" , "Sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls" , "The sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils" , "The squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal"
... the clothes—the cheap, sleazy garments the poor mother had made ready as best she could. But this did not solve the pressing problem of the baby's transportation. Rilla looked helplessly round. Oh, for mother—or Susan! Her eyes fell on an enormous blue soup tureen at ... — Rilla of Ingleside • Lucy Maud Montgomery
... Homer, thee, Thee also I forgive thy sandy wastes Of prose and catalogue, thy drear harangues That tease the patience of the centuries, Thy sleazy scrap of story, — but a rogue's Rape of a light-o'-love, — too soiled a patch To broider ... — The Poems of Sidney Lanier • Sidney Lanier
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