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as in bastard
a person whose behavior is offensive to others
a Mardi Gras celebration that was spoiled by a bunch of drunken sleazebags
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Recent Examples of sleazebag
Ellen Levitt Says who? Brooklyn: Donald Trump has called Michael Cohen a sleazebag.
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 5 June 2024
Yes, its broad caper plot is largely nonsensical, but Bruce Campbell as such an impeccable sleazebag is at least one saving grace.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 8 Oct. 2022
Staggering drunkenly into the office one night with an entourage of partying sleazebags, Ford gropes Ashley for all to see and makes lewd comments.
—John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2020
Cillian Murphy plays an Irish gun buyer with a cause; Armie Hammer, Sharlto Copley and Babou Ceesay are among the idiosyncratic sleazebags doing the selling.
—Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2017
Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 5 June 2024
Yes, its broad caper plot is largely nonsensical, but Bruce Campbell as such an impeccable sleazebag is at least one saving grace.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 8 Oct. 2022
Staggering drunkenly into the office one night with an entourage of partying sleazebags, Ford gropes Ashley for all to see and makes lewd comments.
—John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2020
Cillian Murphy plays an Irish gun buyer with a cause; Armie Hammer, Sharlto Copley and Babou Ceesay are among the idiosyncratic sleazebags doing the selling.
—Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sleazebag
Noun
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Another of the girls called Essex a pervert, which prompted their mother to ask more questions.—
Keri Blakinger,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Dec. 2024
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The imagery is intended to mock and reflect modern Japan in some way — from the overworked salarymen gleefully staging suicidal leaps off of buildings to the schoolgirls (who, in the dream, have cell phones for heads) exposing themselves to perverts (who also have cell phones for heads).—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
28 Sep. 2024
Noun
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Older tracking devices might not set off an alert, and savvy creeps can reconfigure new trackers to follow you undetected for months.—
Kim Komando,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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Schedule creep has been happening for many years, as detailed in this excellent BBC News explainer from 2019.—
Suzanne Rowan Kelleher,
Forbes,
4 Jan. 2025
Noun
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With that put to bed, our attention turns back to the husbands, and all the new rumors from this season, like Lisa bringing up Shawn’s name in regards to circle jerks.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
29 Jan. 2025
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Diagnosed first with Jeavons syndrome in 2018/19—a rare form of epilepsy characterized by absence seizures and eyelid jerks—a 1,000-gene epilepsy panel in 2020 revealed further health problems.—
George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
30 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Daisy's career begins when she gets discovered by Hank Allen, who would go on to briefly become her manager and slimeball boyfriend.—
Chelsey Sanchez,
Harper's BAZAAR,
3 Mar. 2023
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The former is dormant for now, while the latter has picked up nearly 1,500 followers with a steady stream of off-putting memes and videos featuring the anthropomorphized slimeball.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
31 Jan. 2023
Noun
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Robert Pattinson recalls lying on live TV about seeing clown die in car explosion as a kid: 'What on Earth?' Pattinson also surprised audiences at the convention, making an unannounced appearance alongside his director.—
Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
24 Feb. 2025
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These clowns dressed as presidents appear immature and narcissistic.—
Nancy Tartaglione,
Deadline,
9 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The show has a real bounty of powerful sleazeballs, which is both part of the social critique and a storytelling problem.—
Vulture,
Vulture,
15 Mar. 2023
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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
Noun
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According to LifeLine, the DeKalb shelter takes in 135 dogs a week on average.—
Jim Gaines,
ajc,
13 Sep. 2023
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Responding officers found the dog, and advised the owner to take the dog in.—
cleveland,
cleveland,
13 Sep. 2023
Noun
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This lucky gambler had an 8, 9, 10, jack, queen, king and a joker.—
Helena Wegner,
Sacramento Bee,
20 Jan. 2025
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Variations of the game include the mahjong card in America, which is used for scoring, and eight joker tiles; in Singapore, the game is played with four extra tiles, which are decorated with animals.—
Claire Turrell,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Feb. 2025
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