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as in pervert
a person of low moral character
don't post your private info and revealing pics online—there are some real sleazeballs out there
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as in bastard
a person whose behavior is offensive to others
despite the constant rebuffs, the sleazeball at the bar kept hitting up people for drinks
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Recent Examples of sleazeball
Chee and Manuelito show up at the motel office, asking the sleazeball running the place if he's seen a car with California plates.
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Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Feb. 2026
Kind of like The Leftovers, but a sleazeball-only edition.
—Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2025
Meanwhile, Odell and his potential heirs, callous Belinda (Téa Leoni) and sleazeball Shepard (scene-stealer Will Poulter), take the discovery of a new species to unethical extremes.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 9 Mar. 2025
Pallaoro opens with a close-up of Monica (Lysette) in a tanning bed, then shows her fending off unwanted attention from a sleazeball in the parking lot.
—Jon Frosch, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2022
And Merrick, the newspaper publisher (played by Jeffrey Jones); E.B. Farnum (William Sanderson), the sleazeball who ran the Grand Central Hotel — those are real people.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2022
Netflix announced Thursday that Terry Silver — the wealthy sleazeball played to ponytailed perfection by Thomas Ian Griffith in The Karate Kid Part III — will be making an appearance in Cobra Kai season 4.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 27 May 2021
Why were lifelong feminists joining a party led by a man with a reputation as a macho dinosaur, or even a sleazeball?
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 5 May 2021
Stone portrays himself as a dandy and a dirtbag, a sleazeball who embodies the rage and drive for fame that sits at the heart of the worst corners of American politics.
—Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 24 Aug. 2018
Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Feb. 2026
Kind of like The Leftovers, but a sleazeball-only edition.
—Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2025
Meanwhile, Odell and his potential heirs, callous Belinda (Téa Leoni) and sleazeball Shepard (scene-stealer Will Poulter), take the discovery of a new species to unethical extremes.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 9 Mar. 2025
Pallaoro opens with a close-up of Monica (Lysette) in a tanning bed, then shows her fending off unwanted attention from a sleazeball in the parking lot.
—Jon Frosch, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2022
And Merrick, the newspaper publisher (played by Jeffrey Jones); E.B. Farnum (William Sanderson), the sleazeball who ran the Grand Central Hotel — those are real people.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2022
Netflix announced Thursday that Terry Silver — the wealthy sleazeball played to ponytailed perfection by Thomas Ian Griffith in The Karate Kid Part III — will be making an appearance in Cobra Kai season 4.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 27 May 2021
Why were lifelong feminists joining a party led by a man with a reputation as a macho dinosaur, or even a sleazeball?
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 5 May 2021
Stone portrays himself as a dandy and a dirtbag, a sleazeball who embodies the rage and drive for fame that sits at the heart of the worst corners of American politics.
—Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 24 Aug. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sleazeball
Noun
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Nora Ephron for depressed perverts.—
Antonia Blyth,
Deadline,
16 Feb. 2026
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You are being spied on by a pervert.—
Jay Ruttenberg,
New Yorker,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Assess contract health to reduce your exposure to cost creep and unfavorable terms.—
David Pennino,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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The age creep driving 5-for-5 doesn’t exist here.—
Daryl G. Jones,
Sportico.com,
15 May 2026
Noun
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Search the internet and there are coaches and players spotted sniffing the ammonia inhalants before a game, with their instant reactions — a noticeable head jerk or contorted face — going viral.—
Jason Jones,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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Hethington didn’t want to cannibalize his menu with the dish, instead compromising with a jerk lamb shank, and a whole Chinese Trini chicken, an homage to the popular takeout food in Trinidad.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
Noun
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After spending a decade and a half in the brains of a meth kingpin and a slimeball attorney, Gilligan wanted his next protagonist to be a force for good.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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Now, these slimeballs no longer pose a threat to public safety.—
Greg Norman,
FOXNews.com,
18 July 2025
Noun
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In the end, Bill Skarsgård returned as the horrifying clown Pennywise, which was always the plan from the start.—
Emily Longeretta,
Variety,
11 May 2026
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Even a rival gave kudos — kind of — to the clown.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
8 May 2026
Noun
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Over the course of a record 12 seasons, Wolowitz went from a sleazebag to a caring father.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
21 Mar. 2026
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In Peter Weir’s true-life survival drama about a group of Gulag prisoners who make their way across a vast stretch of the U.S.S.R. and into the Himalayas, Farrell plays a stab-happy sleazebag who nevertheless proves of value during the escape.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Police also said a man walking his dog was shot in the back Sunday morning.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
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Any attempt by a participant, or any other person, to participate using more than one dog/pet, using any method, may result in disqualification by Sponsor, in its sole discretion.—
Tim McGovern,
PEOPLE,
18 May 2026
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Like any public hearing, there were a few jokers who had some strange outbursts, but the majority of the over a dozen speakers weren’t satisfied with Gower’s presentation and used their times to ask questions of the owners as to what has taken so long with this project.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
12 May 2026
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The 69-year-old joker plans to make his comeback at California’s Ice House Comedy Club in Pasadena Wednesday night.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Sleazeball.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sleazeball. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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