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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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This achievement offers important lessons for those seeking to defend democracy from authoritarian creep around the world.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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If the reader cannot answer those questions quickly, doubt creeps in.—
JD Barker,
Rolling Stone,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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There’s an almost-friendship-ending rift over husbands (Brent Thiessen is Cee Cee’s, a cool-guy theater director; Ben Jacoby is Bertie’s, a rich jerk) that feels deeply dated and, in the context of the women’s tell-each-other-everything friendship, just plain weird.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
23 Apr. 2026
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The jerk chicken is rubbed in a sweet honey glaze.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 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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There’s some Streisand, too, and a big dose of Andrea Martin, specifically Martin’s signature SCTV character Edith Prickley, that bawdy, gawdy ham with all the bravado of a Catskills clown.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
22 Apr. 2026
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Once completed, the $5 million acquisition will ensure the theater has a permanent home, a place where skateboarding clowns and leek-haired onions can continue to frolic and dance for decades to come.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 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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In recent years, Ed Sheeran slipped behind the counter, gamely slinging dogs and taking his fair share of abuse from the staff.—
Jimmy Jellinek,
SPIN,
27 Apr. 2026
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During the day, McKinley Park is filled with activity, from dog walkers and joggers to families enjoying the outdoors.—
Conor McGill,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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After months bandying about the term joker to describe his team’s need for a matchup-threat pass-catcher, Sean Payton sat with the media at the NFL owners’ meetings in Palm Beach, Florida, last year and confirmed Denver had gotten its guy.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
28 Mar. 2026
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Students are required to bring two full decks of cards including the jokers.—
Kris Slugg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Sleazeball.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sleazeball. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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